Based on our record, CerebroApp seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 4 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
You could also see if Cerebro or Flow work for you, both of which I tried last year before settling on ueli. Source: over 2 years ago
Not to take away from OP’s post, but there are several alternatives already. https://cerebroapp.com. Source: over 2 years ago
We have had awesome applications that do exactly this, while being fully FOSS, for some time. Albert and cerebro just to name a few. (I use Albert myself all the time and it is fantastic! And extensible!). Source: over 3 years ago
It's interesting how many of these alternatives are popping up around now. We too have made a cross platform, open source variant named LaunchMenu alternative which we released into Beta. It looks like you've gone for a similar approach as Cerebro with a plugin system based on a getPluginItems listener. Cerebro's general design is much more akin to LaunchBar than Alfred however. Source: almost 4 years ago
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