mysticcoders/volant

A private, open-source launcher for macOS. Find apps and files, do math and conversions, keep notes and clipboard history, and keep your coding agents moving, all from one shortcut. A free, MIT-licensed alternative to Raycast, Alfred and Spotlight.
Download Volant · macOS 15 or later on Apple silicon · about 9 MB · signed and notarized, updates through Sparkle
Or with Homebrew:
brew install --cask mysticcoders/tap/volant
## Highlights
Launcher: fuzzy app search that learns from your picks, file search, contacts, today's calendar, per-app hotkeys and aliases.
Answers inline: calculator, unit and currency conversion, time zones, emoji, snippets and quicklinks.
Notes and clipboard: plain Markdown notes with a live editor, and clipboard history encrypted at rest.
Agents: see Claude Code and Codex sessions waiting on you through Herdr, answer supported questions, and run ACP conversations from the launcher.
Mac controls: audio devices, volume, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and the local dev servers you're running.
Extensions: WebAssembly extensions from a signed catalog, run in a separate sandboxed helper with only the hosts and permissions you approve.
Coming from Raycast? Import snippets, quicklinks, aliases, hotkeys and notes from a Raycast export.
## Why it's different
The main app runs in the App Sandbox with no network access. Work that needs more happens in separate signed XPC helpers with narrow APIs: exchange rates, extension fetches, AI providers and extensions run in sandboxed helpers, while the agent helper (Herdr, Rex, ACP agents, Shortcuts, listening servers) and the input helper (Type at the cursor, Search Menu Items) run unsandboxed and start only when one of those features is used. No account, no telemetry. Translations are betas.
## Details
Formerly Slingshot (renamed 2026-09-13). A small, sandboxed macOS launcher. Apps, per-app hotkeys, calculator, unit conversion, file search, contacts, today's calendar, encrypted clipboard history, and quick Markdown notes. The main app has no network access. Opt-in WebAssembly commands use ABI 1, with a bundled Hello World example and Settings controls; see extensions.
## Security posture
App Sandbox on. No network entitlement. The main binary has no network entitlement or telemetry. Sparkle checks and downloads updates through its dedicated helper. Opening links hands them to other apps. Shortcuts quicklinks hand execution to Shortcuts; those workflows may access the network or change data using their own permissions.
Optional local agent bridge. Type agents or herdr in the launcher, or choose Agents from the menu, then Connect Herdr. The signed helper runs outside App Sandbox for Herdr discovery/focus and typed ACP conversations. Type acp, choose a project, and start OpenCode, Claude Code, or Codex; replies, tool status, cancellation and explicit permission choices appear in the main launcher. Providers use their own credentials, network access and tool permissions. No notes or clipboard history are sent automatically. Cursor’s ACP launch path is included but not verified on this machine; Claude Code and Codex use pinned adapters from the Agent Client Protocol project.