Khint writes the agent for you
Describe it in one line and press Generate. Once there's a prompt, the same button becomes Improve and refines it in place. Both are free and never spend credits, and the text stays yours to edit.
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Khint vs Raycast,side by side
Raycast is a launcher with AI on top. Khint is an AI palette with OCR and MCP built in.
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Your prompt, on the text you already selected
A launcher opens things. Here the message was already on screen, the palette ran your own agent on it, and the rewritten reply went back into the same field. Nothing on this stage is a mockup: it's the real palette running on a real inbox.
Give it its own key
Record a shortcut and the agent fires without opening anything. Khint checks that combo against every binding you already have, and Cmd+Space is never one of them: window switching, the calculator and clipboard history stay exactly where they are.
Five steps, and the last one files it
A workflow runs up to five steps in series, and a parallel step takes two to four destinations from the same text. One press writes the ticket, publishes the page and posts the update.
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Post updateYour AI client reads what you're working on
Khint ships a standalone MCP server over stdio. Claude Desktop and Codex read the work session you're in right now, so you stop pasting your own context back into a chat window.
What Khint won't do
Four rows of the table go to Raycast outright, and none of them is an accident: Khint isn't a launcher and isn't becoming one. Here's the whole list, including the price on both sides.
See pricingNo launcher: window switching, calculator and clipboard history stay Raycast's
No extensions store, and none is planned
The free tier includes the AI: 300 credits a month
Khint from €7/mo · Raycast $8/mo Pro, $16/mo Pro+AI
Cmd+Space stays Raycast's, and every Khint shortcut is rebindable
Screen capture runs from the same palette, on the same balance
An MCP server over stdio: five tools, four read and one write
macOS 13+ on any Mac, Intel or Apple Silicon, plus Windows 10 22H2+
Which one is yours
These are different products that happen to share a shortcut. Most people who need both keep both.
Pick Khint if
The AI half, and it was built that way from the start: your own prompts on whatever you selected, a capture that hands back text, and a work session your AI client can read. The free tier includes the AI.
- You want AI text actions on any selection, in any Mac app, with a free tier that actually includes the AI: 300 credits a month.
- You need screen-to-text OCR on a shortcut and a Memory layer that carries your work session into every prompt.
- You're an MCP user: Claude Desktop or Cursor should read your live work context instead of you pasting it in again.
Pick Raycast if
Raycast is a launcher first, and Khint isn't becoming one. Window switching, the calculator, clipboard history and the extensions store stay exactly where they are, on the key they already use.
- You primarily want a launcher: window switching, calculator, clipboard history, file search.
- You live in the extensions ecosystem, with 1,500+ community add-ons across dev tools and productivity.
- You don't need AI today. Raycast is free for hot-keys, and Pro+AI is there later at $16/mo.
Twelve capabilities,
two palettes
Pricing, AI access, OCR, MCP, extensions. Including the four rows where Raycast wins.
Capability
Khint
Raycast
Menu-bar AI palette
KhintCmd+Shift+K
RaycastCmd+Space
AI on selected text
KhintYes, free 300 credits/mo
RaycastYes, paid AI tier
Pricing
KhintFree + paid plans from €7/mo
Raycast$8/mo Pro · $16/mo AI
Free tier with AI
KhintYes (300 credits a month)
RaycastNo (hot-keys only)
Custom prompts / Packs
KhintPacks + workflows, shareable
RaycastAI Commands (Pro)
Prompt chaining
KhintUp to 5 in series
RaycastLimited
Screen OCR shortcut
KhintYes, same credit balance
RaycastNo (extension only)
Work session memory
KhintYes (compact context injection)
RaycastNo
MCP server (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
KhintYes, stdio + loopback HTTP
RaycastNo
Launcher (window switcher, calculator)
KhintNo
RaycastYes (core)
Extensions store
KhintNo
RaycastYes (1,500+)
Platform
KhintmacOS 13+, Windows 10 22H2+
RaycastmacOS (Windows soon)
See how Khint stacks up
Same product, four other lenses. Each page is the honest version, including what Khint doesn't do.
Khint vs CleanShot X
Both read your screen. Only one can then act on what it read.
Khint vs RewindRecording everything you ever did, against remembering the task you chose.
Khint vs GranolaNotes for the meeting, against context for the whole week around it.
Khint vs Apple IntelligenceFree and already installed, against your own prompts wired to your tools.
Common questions
Is Khint cheaper than Raycast?
Yes for AI users. Khint's paid plans start at €7/month, with a free tier of 300 credits a month, about 10 actions a day. Raycast charges $8/month for Pro and $16/month for the Pro+AI plan; Raycast's free tier doesn't include AI. If your only need is launcher hot-keys, Raycast is free for that, and Khint doesn't try to replace the launcher.
Does Khint do everything Raycast does?
No. Raycast is a launcher first: window switcher, calculator, clipboard manager, 1,500+ extensions. Khint doesn't ship those. Khint focuses on three things: AI text actions on selected text, screen-to-text OCR, and a work session memory exposed over MCP. If you want a launcher with extensions, keep Raycast. If you want an AI-first palette with OCR and MCP baked in, pick Khint, or run both.
Does Raycast have an MCP server?
No. Raycast doesn't expose itself as an MCP server today. Khint runs a standalone MCP server (`khint-mcp`) speaking JSON-RPC 2.0 over stdio with five tools (list_sessions, get_session, get_active_context, search_session_entries, add_session_entry). Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, and any MCP-compatible client can read Khint's active session context.
Can Khint and Raycast coexist on the same Mac?
Yes. They use different shortcuts by default (Raycast on Cmd+Space, Khint on Cmd+Shift+K) and don't compete for the same paste path. Many users keep Raycast as their launcher and Khint as their AI palette. Both are fully rebindable if you want different keys.
Which has better AI quality?
Both call hosted models, so output quality comes down to the model and your prompt. Khint gives you two modes, Instant for the answers you paste straight back and Quality for the ones worth a moment's wait, and you write the prompt yourself on every agent, with your work session optionally folded in. Raycast lets you pick between several providers in its AI tier. If you write your own prompts, the gap is mostly the price you pay per call rather than raw model quality.
Try Khint as your AI palette
Free with 300 credits a month. No credit card. macOS 13+. Keep Raycast running on the side if you want; both can coexist.