Benefits of Using ScriptKit vs Raycast Node scripts

[Jaballadares]

Hi there! I have been interested in using ScriptKit for awhile now, but feel like I may be missing something. Is there something ScriptKit enables that Raycast currently does not?

I just downloaded ScriptKit and will use it and Raycast in tandem Super excited and thank you for creating such a valuable tool!

The noticeable difference in app size between the two prompted me to ask.

[johnlindquist]

Hi @Jaballadares , great question! While you'll see a lot of similarities, I think the big difference is the focus of each app:

Script Kit's focus is making scripts easier to write, run, and share.

Write

• You can create a script just by typing the name of it from the main menu
• Script Kit has a built-in editor
• Script Kit can auto-install packages from npm (if the user confirm's they trust it)
• Script Kit ships with a simple API/SDK to help you get your script done

Run

• The scripts can also be run in the terminal
• You can run scripts with keyboard shortcuts
• A script can run another script with await run("my-other-script")
• You can run Script Kit scripts from Raycast/Alfred/Keyboard Maestro/Karabiner/whatever
• Eventually, it will be easy to run scripts from webhooks, GitHub actions, and anywhere else. (This is currently possible, just takes a bit of setup that I want to make easier)
• Script Kit will soon have a built-in terminal

Share

• Scripts are copy/pastable
• Scripts can be installed instantly by clicking a link. Open instantly-shared-script in Script Kit

// Name: Instantly Shared Script

import "@johnlindquist/kit"

await arg("I made this in 5 seconds")

• You can see the content of the script from the main ui
• You can read the script and know what it does, for example this is a script:

let message = await arg("Type something to speak")
say(message)

• There's a community of shared scripts here: https://www.scriptkit.com/scripts. Everyone who shares a script gets their own page
• Eventually, scripts will be shared across Mac, Windows, and Linux (Windows and Linux are in dev previews)

I think Raycast is a great product with a different focus.

[Jaballadares]

Forgive the extremely delayed response!
Thank you for responding so thoroughly - the fact ScriptKit scripts are flexible and can essentially be triggered from anywhere really helps distinguish it from Raycast.

I think this may be my gateway into some system level automations.

Thank you again!