You can vibe-code Mac apps now

But Glaze's real trick is making these apps easier to launch, share, and install.

Raycast Glaze is now in public beta, and its use-case is pretty unique.

Most AI coding tools are optimized for web apps: Lovable, Replit, v0.

Codex, Claude Code, Cursor and others are more platform-agnostic, but most people still end up building for the web.

And that makes sense. The web is convenient because one interface can serve every device.

But sometimes you need software that understands your actual machine, or more simply, works offline.

That is where Glaze is interesting. It focuses on native desktop apps (Apple Silicon macs to start)

The builder experience is pretty much the same as all agentic coding tools. The distribution, however, is clever.

A generalist coding agent can already help you build a Mac app. But sooner or later you need to work with Xcode, signing, packaging, deployment, and all the platform friction to get the thing onto another machine.

Glaze hides most of that behind its own builder and its own app store.

You can still find and launch the apps from Spotlight, but you need Glaze installed to run them, share them, or install other people’s apps.

It’s a limitation for sure, but you can access the code of your apps, so you’re not vendor-locked.

I tested the flow by building a development server manager for the local web projects I run on my machine, and it was smooth: explain what you want, describe what good looks like, let it generate a plan, approve it, and a few minutes later the app is ready to use (and it works!).

It was also cheap. The free plan comes with 120 credits. My first app used 4 credits for planning and 27 for the build. For the Lovable free allowance, I only get a convincing v1 UI, not a final product…

Glaze even suggests a name and generates an icon, which is small, but the kind of decision you do not want to think about when building a quick utility.

There are already over a hundred apps built by the community from developer tools to media to media to design: cleanup tools, trackers, menu bar helpers, and more.

I already installed an image converter, and a FIFA World Cup app that is surprisingly comprehensive.

If you want a quick tool to complement your workflow, Glaze is definitely worth trying. Or at least browse the store. It might spark ideas, or already have what you need.

I would love to know what you build, so don’t hesitate to reply with your creations!