![]() It's tempting as a non-technically minded user to draw conclusions from that one statement, but it's really benign, IMO. ![]() In reading through other info at the above link, i can see why people get all antsy since right after that section it says in bold text "Extensions are not further sandboxed". Also worth noting that each individual extension is also sandboxed in the sense that each can only access the data store within it, and not within other extensions. Note: Ive never used Alfred and just installed raycast yesterday so I have no opinion either way… but you also shouldn’t just take my word on security/privacy matters eitherĮDIT: Idk where I read something about it using macOS' Javascript Core runtime, but it looks like it uses a modified/constrained version of Node.js (i.e. So to say it’s not “sandboxed” is misleading at best, fear mongering at worst. It’s not an electron app or anything (thank god), so it uses the native Mac JavaScript Core runtime a modified and constrained set of Node.js functionality for execution (or for simpler command script stuff, small AppleScripts and the like) and also requires explicit user permissions for interacting with other apps and Mac systems just like any other app (searching contacts app requires granting raycast access to contacts, etc.) ![]() ![]() As a developer myself I find most of the comments here sharing your concern are a bit overblown.
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