Output modes

Here, you can browse the range of ways that Raycast lets you view your data, whether you need to display a range of items such as open pull requests, or whether you just need confirmation that your script has run successfully.

In fullOutput the entire output is presented on a separate view, similar to a terminal window. This is handy when your script generates output to consume.

In compact mode the last line of the standard output is shown in the toast

In silent mode the last line (if exists) will be shown in overlaying HUD toast after Raycast window is closed.

In inline mode, the first line of output will be directly shown in the command item and automatically refresh according to the specified refreshTime. Tip: Set your dashboard items as favorites via the action menu in Raycast. NOTE: refreshTime parameter is required for inline mode. When not specified, compact mode will be used instead.

🚨 Hint: use cmd k to access extra functionality such as adding to favorites or reordering the root search preferences.

Please note that long-running tasks generating a lot of partial data are not supported for compact, silent, and inline modes. For example, the zip command generates a lot of partial logs when compressing folders with many files. Scripts using zip won't work on compact, silent, and inline; but they will work in fullOutput. To make it work in the other modes you need to use the zip -q flag.

ANSI Supported Colors 🎨

We support colors for inline and fullOutput mode scripts for you to customize generated output by changing its background and foreground color.

Escape code is in linux format: 0x1B

Colors are adapted to current users appearance settings (light and dark themes)

Color	# Foreground	# Background	Light	Dark
Black	30	40	#000000	#000000
Red	31	41	#B12424	#FF6363
Green	32	42	#006B4F	#59D499
Yellow	33	43	#F8A300	#FFC531
Blue	34	44	#138AF2	#56C2FF
Magenta	35	45	#9A1B6E	#CF2F98
Cyan	36	46	#3EB8BF	#52EEE5
White	97	107	#FFFFFF	#FFFFFF

Other colors

We also support 8-bit and 24-bit color codes if you need a wider range of colors.

Other supported codes:

Code	Name
0	Reset (normal)
4	Underline
9	Crossed out
24	Not underlined
29	Not crossed out

💡Hint: Unsupported terminal codes will be stripped out from output and ignored.

Example:

Script	Code
bash	echo -e '\033[31;42mred text on green background\033[0m'
bash tput	export TERM=linux; echo "$(tput setaf 1)$(tput setab 2)red text on green background$(tput sgr0)";
swift	print("\\u{001B}[31;42mred text on green background\\u{001B}[0m")
osascript	do shell script "echo '\\033[31;42mred text on green background\\033[0m'"
node.js	console.log('\x1b[31;42mred text on green background\x1b[0m')