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A catalyst is a substance which changes the rate of a chemical reaction.

Catalyst may also refer to:

Buildings

• Catalyst (building), a high-rise in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Catalyst (museum), a hands-on science centre and chemical industry museum in Widnes in Cheshire in England
• The Catalyst (nightclub), a music venue in Santa Cruz, California

Economics and finance

• Economic catalyst
• Stock catalyst

Events

• Catalyst Conference, an annual nondenominational Christian event

Media and entertainment

Games

• Catalyst (role-playing game supplements), a series of fantasy role-playing game supplements
• Catalyst, an indie role-playing game published by Cherry Picked Games in 2015
• The Catalyst, a fictional character in Mass Effect 3
• Catalyst, a playable character in the video game 2019 Apex Legends

Literature and publications

• Catalyst, a left-wing scholarly journal published by Jacobin
• Catalyst (magazine), published by the RMIT University Student Union
• Catalyst (novel), by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Catalyst, fourth book in Fletcher DeLancey's Chronicles of Alsea series
• The Catalyst (Doctor Who audio), a 2008 Doctor Who audiobook
• The Catalyst (American newspaper), an American weekly newspaper
• The Catalyst (Philippine newspaper), the official student publication of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
• Catalyst, a freesheet of the Solidarity Federation
• Catalyst, a magazine published by the Commission for Racial Equality in the United Kingdom
• Catalyst, a publication of the Union of Concerned Scientists
• The Catalyst, a science fiction novel by Charles L. Harness
• Catalyst, the journal of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
• Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel, a direct prequel novel to the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Music

• Catalyst (New Found Glory album), 2004
• Catalyst (Prototype album), 2012
• Catalyst (band), an American funk-jazz band
• "The Catalyst", a 2010 song by Linkin Park
• The Catalyst (album), a 2024 studio album by Amaranthe
• The Catalyst, a 2017 studio album by Neurotech

Television and film

• Catalyst (1990 TV program), an Australian science and technology television series
• Catalyst (TV program), an Australian science journal
• "Catalysts" (The Spectacular Spider-Man), an episode of the animated television series The Spectacular Spider-Man
• Catalyst, a BBC Two television ident first aired in 2000 (see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents)

Organizations

• Catalyst (nonprofit organization), an organization that promotes inclusive workplaces for women
• Catalyst (science park), Northern Ireland
• Catalyst (think tank), a socialist left political think tank based in London, United Kingdom
• Catalyst Paper, a Canadian paper mill company
• Catalyst Technologies, one of the first company incubators, founded by Nolan Bushnell

Technology

• Catalyst (software), a web application framework
• Alchemy Catalyst, an Internationalization and localization tool
• AMD Catalyst, formerly ATI Catalyst, a software suite for graphic cards
• Cisco Catalyst, a line of network switches
• General Electric Catalyst, a turboprop aircraft engine under development by GE Aviation
• Catalyst, a line of automatic test equipment produced by Teradyne
• AudioCatalyst, a software package from Xing Technology
• Gentoo Catalyst, a tool to create Gentoo Linux environments
• Mac Catalyst, a software development tool for macOS

See also

• Catalist, an American corporation
• Catalytic converter, a device in modern vehicles to reduce emissions
• Katalyst (disambiguation)
• Qatalyst Group, a corporate advisory firm