BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.
Raycast
Free macOS and iOS launcher whose AI features run on your own Anthropic, Google, OpenAI or OpenRouter key, no Pro plan required.
- Category:
- Productivity Tools
- Pricing:
- Free
- Open source:
- No
- Self-hostable:
- No
- Local-first:
- No
- Platforms:
- Desktop, Mobile
- AI providers (bring your own key):
- OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenRouter
- API key storage:
- Stored locally on device
- Key risk level:
- LOW
- Trust score:
- 59/100
Raycast is a free, closed-source launcher and productivity app for macOS with an iOS companion. Its Bring Your Own Key feature lets users add a personal key per provider under Settings, AI, Custom API Keys and use Raycast's AI chat, commands and extensions without a Pro subscription, with iOS additionally supporting OpenRouter. Users are billed directly by their chosen provider at standard rates. The base app and BYOK usage are free; Pro remains optional for cloud sync and other non-AI features. No public repository, so key handling cannot be inspected in source.
Why this trust score (59/100)
Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.
- Key Safety 23/25 — The key is held on your own device.
- Request Routing 17/20 — Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
- Transparency 3/20 — Closed source with no public repository — the key handling cannot be independently inspected.
- Privacy 7/15 — Nothing specific is known about its data handling beyond the key itself.
- Maintenance 4/10 — Maintenance activity has not been established for this listing.
- Verification Confidence 5/10 — Key handling is quoted verbatim from official documentation.
How your API key is handled
Your API key is stored locally on your device. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider.
Setup
Open settings, paste your provider API key, choose a model, and start — the key stays on your device.