# Raycast Extensions Scraper — Store API Dataset (`confidential_marina/raycast-extensions-scraper`) Actor

Raycast extensions API alternative: export ~3,400 Raycast Store extensions with download counts, authors, categories, platforms and AI tools. Full Raycast Store dataset as JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/confidential_marina/raycast-extensions-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Kaleb Holley](https://apify.com/confidential_marina) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Raycast Extensions Scraper — Store API Dataset

Export the **entire [Raycast Store](https://www.raycast.com/store)** (~3,400 extensions) as a clean **Raycast extensions dataset**: titles, authors, **download counts**, categories, supported platforms (macOS / Windows), command counts, **AI tool counts**, and store, source and README URLs.

There is no other Raycast Store scraper on Apify Store. Use this Actor as a **Raycast extensions API alternative** when you need structured JSON/CSV for directories, market research or monitoring — the full catalog in under a minute.

### Why this scraper

- **Full catalog export.** Pages the public Store API and de-duplicates results.
- **AI extensions only.** Keep only extensions that expose Raycast AI tools (~300 today).
- **Category filter** (`productivity`, `developer-tools`, `ai`, `web`, …).
- **Keyword search** across title, name, description and author.
- **Sort** by downloads, name or last update, with a minimum-downloads threshold.
- **Fast.** Pure JSON API. No browser, no proxy, no login.

### Use cases

- Extension authors benchmarking downloads against competitors
- Market research on macOS/Windows productivity tools and AI-agent integrations
- Lead lists of extension developers and their GitHub source folders
- Spotting new extensions (sort by `updated`) and Windows-ready extensions
- Scheduled snapshots to chart download growth

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchQuery` | string | Optional keyword filter. Empty = whole catalog. |
| `categories` | array | Keep extensions whose categories match (e.g. `productivity`). |
| `hasMcpOnly` | boolean | Only extensions flagged as MCP by Raycast. |
| `aiToolsOnly` | boolean | Only extensions that expose Raycast AI tools. |
| `minDownloads` | integer | Skip extensions below this download count. |
| `sortBy` | `downloads` / `updated` / `name` | Result order. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max results (default **50**; set 5000 for the full catalog). |
| `maxPages` | integer | Safety cap on API pages (100 listings each). Default 40. |

Example — the 200 most-downloaded AI-tool extensions:

```json
{ "aiToolsOnly": true, "sortBy": "downloads", "maxItems": 200, "maxPages": 40 }
```

### Sample output (from a real run)

```json
{
  "id": "0e43920f-bbf6-4582-bc3f-5f63092c915f",
  "name": "translate",
  "title": "Google Translate",
  "description": "Simple translation using Google Translate",
  "downloadCount": 500913,
  "authorName": "Slavik Nychkalo",
  "authorHandle": "gebeto",
  "categories": ["web", "productivity", "translation"],
  "platforms": ["macOS", "Windows"],
  "hasMcp": false,
  "access": "public",
  "status": "active",
  "isNew": false,
  "storeUrl": "https://www.raycast.com/gebeto/translate",
  "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/raycast/extensions/tree/.../extensions/google-translate/",
  "readmeUrl": "https://github.com/raycast/extensions/tree/.../extensions/google-translate/README.md",
  "commandsCount": 6,
  "toolsCount": 0,
  "createdAt": "2021-10-27T12:21:56+00:00",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T11:37:13+00:00",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T06:56:15+00:00"
}
```

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML — or pull via Apify API, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n or the Apify MCP server.

### Pricing

You pay per Apify platform usage for your run. Pay-per-event pricing may apply depending on the Store listing.

### FAQ

**Is it legal?** Reads only the public, unauthenticated store listings that the Raycast Store website itself loads (`backend.raycast.com/api/v1/store_listings`). raycast.com's robots.txt allows crawling except account and settings pages. No private account data.

**How fresh is the data?** Fetched live on every run. Schedule the Actor to build a history.

**Keywords people search:** Raycast extensions API, Raycast Store scraper, Raycast extensions dataset, Raycast AI tools list, Raycast download counts.

**Something broken?** Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Filter title/name/description/author (client-side), e.g. "translate", "github", "ai". Empty = full Raycast Store dataset.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Only keep extensions whose seo_categories intersect this list (e.g. productivity, developer-tools, ai, web).

## `hasMcpOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If true, only extensions flagged has_mcp=true by Raycast (very few today).

## `aiToolsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If true, only extensions that expose Raycast AI tools (toolsCount > 0), about 300 extensions.

## `minDownloads` (type: `integer`):

Skip extensions below this download count.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of results.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum extensions to output. Default 50 finishes in under a minute; set 5000 for the full catalog.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Each page is 100 listings from the public Raycast Store API (safety cap). Default 40 covers the full catalog.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [],
  "hasMcpOnly": false,
  "aiToolsOnly": false,
  "minDownloads": 0,
  "sortBy": "downloads",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 40
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Raycast Store extensions dataset (JSON array).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "categories": [],
    "hasMcpOnly": false,
    "aiToolsOnly": false,
    "minDownloads": 0,
    "sortBy": "downloads",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPages": 40
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("confidential_marina/raycast-extensions-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "categories": [],
    "hasMcpOnly": False,
    "aiToolsOnly": False,
    "minDownloads": 0,
    "sortBy": "downloads",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPages": 40,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("confidential_marina/raycast-extensions-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "categories": [],
  "hasMcpOnly": false,
  "aiToolsOnly": false,
  "minDownloads": 0,
  "sortBy": "downloads",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 40
}' |
apify call confidential_marina/raycast-extensions-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,confidential_marina/raycast-extensions-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/q94GaSyhecAHWROfI/builds/MzDUvs4PwBLVV4lCw/openapi.json