# Raycast (رايكاست)

> Raycast is available in Syria with limited functionality, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: limited
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [Raycast](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/raycast.md)
- Categories: Utilities & System Tools, AI Assistants, Developer Tools
- Official site: https://raycast.com
- Community votes: 6
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/raycast

## About

Productivity launcher and Spotlight alternative for macOS with extensions, snippets, and AI commands

## Activity summary

Partially blocked in Syria. Community testing in April 2026 confirmed the main site loads but the download endpoint returns a 403 block page citing the country. A community volunteer contacted the company in May 2026, and the company replied that it is actively reviewing distribution availability in light of the eased sanctions and would follow up; the review is still ongoing.

## Community reports

- 2026-05-21 — Company Responded. A member of the Raycast team responded to the volunteer's request in the Slack #help channel. The reply was a personalized human response, not an automated one: it acknowledged awareness of the recent changes to Syria sanctions, stated that the team is actively reviewing what they mean for Raycast's distribution availability, confirmed the request has been put on file so the team can factor real user impact into the review, and promised to follow up once there is something concrete to share. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/kq8do4fsxroq8ja3v85jxkn4/mbsr246aytx8f9f0x1osk75b-1000079182.png)
- 2026-05-21 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer contacted the Raycast team in their public Slack #help channel, reporting that the app cannot be downloaded from within Syria: while the main site (raycast.com) loads, the download endpoint at releases.raycast.com returns a 403 error. The volunteer explained that following the December 2025 lifting of the comprehensive U.S. and EU trade embargo on Syria, the country is no longer listed under OFAC's embargoed countries, and included links to the U.S. Treasury announcement and OFAC sanctions-programs documentation. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/d0bbr4kyw5jhz5s4gpubus71/y1rtm2dudogmvl4a0kwa4adn-1000079180.png)
- 2026-04-23 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that Raycast is partially blocked in Syria. The main marketing site (raycast.com) loads normally from a Syrian IP, but the releases subdomain (releases.raycast.com) — used for downloading the app and its updates — returns a «403 Error Forbidden» page stating «Your country is blocked from accessing Raycast. Please reach out to support@raycast.com if you think this was done by mistake.» (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/of4ztqfi9ts82hb7ctfogv48/emwu4vxallrn62d68gw5wd22-1000075286.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/agnp9mw4nx5e0uoiract0tsm/dif9d3mb5qxkm4odbt8d7yfq-1000075284.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/raycast?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/raycast/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/raycast
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/raycast.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/raycast.md