A small tool for your Mac

Fast. Simple.
Just Cue.

Open an app. Find that thing you copied. Do a quick calculation. A few everyday tools, one keyboard shortcut away.

macOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel · Free & open source

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⌥ SpaceType a little. Get on with your day.

The story

Why I made Cue.

A familiar habit.
A tool of my own.

I went from Quicksilver to Alfred, then to Raycast. Eventually, I started thinking about trust. I couldn’t fully see what these tools were doing, so I wasn’t entirely comfortable relying on them. Looking at how I actually used them, I also realized I only needed a small part of what they offered.

With AI agents helping out, making my own had become a lot less work. So I gave it a try. I could keep the code in my hands, focus on the few features I needed, and spend more time making them as fast as possible. I could make everything work the way I liked, without having to please everyone. That’s how Cue happened.

Feel free to fork it and bring your own agent along to make it yours. Add what you want, take out what you don’t. Hopefully this starting point saves you a few tokens and some of the work of building from scratch.

And if you just want a lightweight, open-source launcher without changing anything, you’re welcome to use it as it is.

Make it yours on GitHub

The everyday stuff

A few useful things.
Within easy reach.

Native macOS. Keyboard first.
English and Traditional Chinese.

Find it. Open it.

Search apps with your own aliases and an order that learns your habits. Type f report to find filenames through Spotlight.

⌥ Space then start typing

Keep a little history.

Find text and links you copied earlier. Delete individual entries and choose how long to keep them. Recording starts only when you enable it.

clipboard text & links

Work with words.

Convert selected Chinese text with Taiwan or mainland wording, clean tracking parameters from links, and find an emoji. All on your Mac.

繁 / 简 offline conversion

Skip the extra calculator.

See answers as you type. Convert units, including Taiwan’s 坪, or check currency conversions when Cue’s network access is enabled.

2^10 1,024

A quick search or answer.

Send a search to your chosen browser, or use your own OpenAI API key for a quick answer or translation. GPT needs network access and API usage is billed separately.

⌘ K choose what to do with your text

Put windows in place.

Move, resize, center, and restore the current window with the keyboard. Save your own layouts and take your settings to another Mac.

⌥ M your window controls
Your Mac, your choice.

Local tools work offline. You decide whether Cue can connect for updates, GPT, or exchange rates. Browser searches happen only when you send them. Window controls and selected-text replacement need macOS Accessibility permission.