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Raycast Extension

The Free Crypto News Raycast extension provides quick access to crypto news from your Mac.

Features

  • 📰 Latest news with rich previews
  • 🔥 Breaking news alerts
  • ₿ Bitcoin-specific news
  • 🔷 DeFi-specific news
  • 🔍 Instant search
  • 📊 Trending topics

Installation

From Raycast Store

  1. Open Raycast
  2. Type Store
  3. Search for Crypto News
  4. Click Install

(Coming soon to the official store)

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/nirholas/free-crypto-news.git
cd free-crypto-news/raycast
npm install
npm run dev

Commands

Command Description Shortcut
Latest News Get latest crypto headlines ⌘⇧N
Breaking News Breaking news (last 2 hours) -
Bitcoin News Bitcoin-specific news -
DeFi News DeFi-specific news -
Search News Search crypto news -
Trending Topics See trending topics -

Latest News

Open Raycast and type:

Latest News

or use the shortcut (configurable):

⌘ + Shift + N

Search News

Search News [query]

Type your query to search across all sources.

List Actions

On News Items

Action Shortcut
Open in Browser ↵
Copy Link ⌘C
Copy Title ⌘⇧C
Add to Favorites ⌘D
Open Source Site ⌘O

On Price Items

Action Shortcut
View Details ↵
Copy Price ⌘C
Open CoinGecko ⌘O
Add to Watchlist ⌘D

Preferences

Open Raycast Preferences → Extensions → Crypto News:

Setting Options Default
News Limit 5-50 10
Default Category All categories All
Show Descriptions On/Off On
Price Coins Comma-separated BTC,ETH,SOL
Refresh Interval 1-60 min 5 min

Category Filters

Filter news by category in the search bar:

#defi          → DeFi news only
#bitcoin       → Bitcoin news only
#institutional → VC/Institutional news
#etf           → ETF news

Or use the dropdown filter in the action panel.

Detail View

Press → on any article to see:

  • Full article preview
  • Related articles
  • Source information
  • Share options

Favorites

Save articles for later:

  1. Select an article
  2. Press ⌘D or choose Add to Favorites
  3. Access via Crypto News Favorites command

Widgets

Menu Bar Widget

Show a live ticker in your menu bar:

  1. Open Raycast Preferences
  2. Go to Extensions → Crypto News
  3. Enable Menu Bar Prices
  4. Select coins to display

Quick Links

Add to Raycast Quick Links:

  • Latest News: raycast://extensions/fcn/latest
  • Search: raycast://extensions/fcn/search
  • Prices: raycast://extensions/fcn/prices

Development

Build from Source

cd raycast
npm install
npm run build

Development Mode

npm run dev

Changes reload automatically in Raycast.

Project Structure

raycast/
├── package.json
├── src/
│   ├── latest.tsx      # Latest news command
│   ├── search.tsx      # Search command
│   ├── prices.tsx      # Prices command
│   ├── fear-greed.tsx  # Fear & Greed command
│   └── components/     # Shared components
└── assets/
    └── icons/          # Command icons

Troubleshooting

Extension Not Loading

  1. Reinstall the extension
  2. Restart Raycast (⌘Q then reopen)
  3. Check Raycast logs

Slow Performance

  1. Reduce news limit in preferences
  2. Check network connection
  3. Disable unnecessary features

No Results

  1. Check API status: 
    curl https://cryptocurrency.cv/api/health
  2. Clear Raycast cache
  3. Restart extension

Source Code

View the Raycast extension source: raycast/