# Catalyst (disambiguation)

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 (journal), 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)
* Catalyst (Prototype album), 2012
* Catalyst (band), a funk-jazz band
* "The Catalyst", a 2010 song by Linkin Park
* The Catalyst (album), an album by Amaranthe

### Television and film

* 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