
Check for available updates of your installed macOS apps. Scans three sources:
SUFeedURL from each app's Info.plist and checks the appcast feed for newer versionsbrew outdated --cask to find cask-installed apps with updatesmas outdated to find App Store apps with updates (requires mas)brew upgrade directly from the action panelbrew doctor warnings (requires Raycast Pro)brew upgrade --cask directly from the action panelbrew doctor warning, rates severity, suggests fix commands, and provides a summary with all commands grouped for easy copyThe Brew Maintenance command runs automatically once per day and shows the results in the menu bar:
brew update — update formulae index (default: on)brew upgrade — upgrade formulae (default: on)brew upgrade --cask — upgrade GUI apps (default: off)brew doctor — check for issues (default: on)brew cleanup — remove old versions (default: off)brew install mas)The extension works even without Homebrew or mas installed — it will simply skip those sources and show a guided prompt to install them.
Scan installed apps for available updates via Sparkle, Homebrew Cask, and Mac App Store
Show available app updates in the menu bar
Get AI-powered explanations and fix suggestions for brew doctor warnings.
Run daily Homebrew maintenance: update, upgrade, doctor, cleanup. Shows results in menu bar.
defaults processes the Sparkle scan spawns at once: reading the Info.plist of every app in /Applications used to fan out one process per installed app, which could stall the extension host on machines with a large number of appsdefaults processes per scan regardless of how many apps are installed (measured on a 32-app machine: 31 concurrent processes before, 8 after, with an identical scan result)@raycast/api 2.x and @raycast/utils 2.xbrew upgrade --cask directly from the action panel for Homebrew appsbrew update, brew upgrade, brew doctor, brew cleanup with configurable steps/Applications and ~/Applications