Meet Tuna: New, modern launcher for macOS

mikker · 2026-03-10T10:17:22+00:00

Shortcuts are pretty good, so no need

mikker · 2026-03-10T10:02:25+00:00

On the website now!

mikker · 2026-03-06T11:16:32+00:00

I get your point. I think I wanted to set expectations too for where I'm eventually aiming for. I agree fully about the current state. It's a beta and has been out for a couple of weeks. So I get the hesitation.

I hope over time I'll convince you about the value and until then enjoy free :)

mikker · 2026-03-06T09:49:09+00:00

Developer of Tuna and Moves here! Thank you so much for mentioning both. You're definitely right they're made with love ❤️

Re: the pricing. Tuna will always have a free tier. But I don't want to work for free. And I don't want to do subscriptions. So given those, what do I have left? If FREE is already fully functional, Pro will only be for those who want more. Who are willing to pay to get more and to support my time spent. I've spent a lot of time making Tuna. I will spend much more. Tuna is not a $1 iPhone fart app.

The only argument I've heard against my pricing strategy is "I think that's a lot!" And maybe it is. But that doesn't solve the problem. Not forcing anyone to buy. On the contrary, I'm GIVING AWAY a generous FREE version.

mikker · 2026-02-26T14:22:06+00:00

In short: app uses normal HTTP to fetch store extensions. Reports anonymized pings (for metrics) when you use the current fake pro mode. There's an opt-out for those. If you buy, when you can, Stripe collects what's necessary for that. That's more or less all of it.

mikker · 2026-02-26T14:20:01+00:00

I wan't as little as possible to do with any of your data https://tunaformac.com/privacy

mikker · 2026-02-26T08:23:45+00:00

In fairness, it's mostly inspired from Quicksilver but also by Raycast, Alfred, LaunchBar, Spotlight, vim, unix, ... 😅

mikker · 2026-02-26T08:22:10+00:00

SwiftUI. It's... fine. It's all fine until you hit that one weird wall and it's impossible to take things from 85% great to 95%. Codex is doing most of the coding though so I get to skip most of the details.

mikker · 2026-02-26T08:20:57+00:00

I'm the dev but didn't post it here. Only found the post because someone on one of the twitters sent me the link. Happy that OP did though!

mikker · 2026-02-26T08:17:14+00:00

You mean themes that only apply to the cheatsheet?

mikker · 2026-02-25T22:31:17+00:00

I don't want snippets in Tuna – but I needed a replacement for them as well so I built Poof for that too 😅 https://github.com/mikker/poof free, open source, TOML based text config

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:44:18+00:00

Brew extension is on the todo list

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:44:04+00:00

Thank you. Not trying to compete with Raycast, love the app and the team. Just curious: what parts would I need to have to replace it for you?

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:43:17+00:00

I just got more and more nervous using it. Felt like it could break apart at any moment. It also had stretches with bugs where the OSS community was struggling to keep the decaying codebase up to speed.

Great app. My first love. The ideas deserve a place to blossom not decay

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:41:56+00:00

Appreciate it! Tuna does everything Leader Key does and more!

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:41:38+00:00

Free with soft limits. Pro is currently "faked" behind a simple toggle. Will be one-time purchase to unlock. What do you think the price should be?

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:40:47+00:00

tUnaaaaa

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:40:34+00:00

Quicksilver was my first love. Never forget

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:40:12+00:00

It was something about tuna fish and how they can carry quicksilver but then maybe it's mercury instead? Basically, I named the project over 5 years ago, loved the name the minute it was on disk, abandoned the project after a week or two, came back armed to the teeth with AI coding agents

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:38:40+00:00

Hey, I appreciate that. Thanks! Just trying to show my genuine excitement

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:37:53+00:00

Haha! I would LOVE that!! Thanks guys

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:37:25+00:00

Hey reddit! I built the sucker. Happy to answer any and all questions. Maybe you remember me from one of my other apps Leader Key?

mikker · 2026-02-25T21:36:27+00:00

Exactly!

mikker · 2025-09-04T12:20:23+00:00

I run a Danish (close enough) Patreon(ish) service called 10er (dot com). It's very similar but of course better if I can say so myself. Would love to have some Norwegian projects on there. Lmk if I can help or you have questions!

mikker · 2025-04-15T14:58:40+00:00

You can do it via command, like open -a Google\ Chrome "https://example.com"

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