Glaze by Raycast - Create your own Mac apps by chatting with AI
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Glaze is the easiest way to go from an idea to a Mac app. Describe what you want, and it builds a real app that lives in your dock, launches instantly, works offline, and taps into the full power of your computer.
Software that's finally personal, shaped around you. From the makers of Raycast.
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Osaurus
Glaze is super fun β kind of the dream of site-specific browsers brought to the generative AI era!
I've built several personal apps so far and published Tesla Energy to help me track my solar production!
Raycast
@chrismessinaΒ time to get some solar panels!!! Jokes aside, this is amazing, love it.
Osaurus
@thomaspaulmannΒ if this convinces you to go solar, my work here is done. π
@chrismessinaΒ so cool ππ
Crawler.sh
I've tried Glaze earlier this week. Would've been great if we could export apps as xcode projects. Other than that, it works really well. Love it!
Raycast
@mehmetkoseΒ great to hear. Thereβs more to it than just an Xcode project.
Love Glaze! Built so many apps for my personal workflows and some fun ones too. Latest is a tron inspired snake game.
Raycast
@aaron_quinn1Β i need to get better at that game.
Cotypist
I've seen early previews of Glaze and it has been really impressive. Just like everything else from the Raycast team, the level of polish and attention to detail has been amazing. Looking forward to building my own mini-apps without having to do any of the heavy lifting that is usually required for this!
Raycast
@daniel_a_aΒ thanks a lot!
The idea of building Mac apps through chat sounds really approachable, especially for the vibe coding / AI workflow automation crowd. How much control does Glaze give over the final app behavior after the initial chat β can users keep refining the app in conversation, or is it more of a one-time generation flow?
Raycast
@crystalmeiΒ It's super easy, try it out. You can build your first app for free.
how does it handle updates when you tweak the app later, do you just re-describe the change and it patches the existing build or does it start from scratch each time?
Raycast
@hsanypvkΒ You just continue where you left off by chatting and annotating with the app you're building
Raycast
@hsanypvkΒ yes just send another message and it edits it. We also have an annotation tool that allows you to select something in the app like a button and describe how to change only that part.
"to reach millions you build for the average, and the average doesn't really exist" is going to live in my head, I run a niche workspace product and this is the exact argument for why vertical software beats horizontal, just taken one step further down to the individual
Raycast
@yarslavΒ glad I was able to inspire. Go vertical software!
The idea of creating Mac apps through chat sounds useful, especially for people who have a workflow in mind but donβt want to start from a blank coding setup. How much control does Glaze give over the final app behavior once the AI generates something? For example, can users keep refining the app through chat, or is there also a more developer-style way to inspect and adjust what was created?
Raycast
@mia_qiaoΒ yes you can go as deep as you want.
Glaze by Raycast
Hey PH π Iβm Alexandr, one of the engineers on Glaze.
One of the most fun parts of building Glaze has been dogfooding it. I spend a lot of my day juggling git worktrees, dev servers, and multiple AI coding agents, but no app felt quite right for my workflow. So I built my own terminal app with Glaze: Yolo.
This is why Iβm so excited about Glaze: it makes software feel personal. Not βone app for everyone,β but apps shaped around the exact workflows, habits, and preferences of the people using them.
Canβt wait to see what you build with Glaze β please share your apps with us π
Raycast
@asubbotinΒ Yolo blew my mind in a team meeting, so damn good!
Tried it yesterday and already love it. Made a little synth in one prompt, then refined it with three more β now Iβve got this cute vintage synth.
Works really well, and the publish flow is super smooth.
Congrats to the awesome Raycast team π
Raycast
@bdautonΒ music apps are great and under high demand.