# cerebroapp/cerebro

🔵 Cerebro is an open-source launcher to improve your productivity and efficiency

Repository: https://github.com/cerebroapp/cerebro
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cerebro
Homepage: https://www.cerebroapp.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: search, launcher, electron, cerebro
Last push: 2026-08-11T18:24:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3713, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8560, forks 457 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.518371+00:00)

## What it is
Cerebro is an open-source, cross-platform launcher app built with Electron that lets users search the web, launch applications, navigate files, and perform calculations from a single keyboard-driven window. It is extensible through a plugin system with a plugin manager and a simple plugin API.

## Use cases
- launch apps and search files from a keyboard shortcut
- search the web without opening a browser
- convert currencies and units inline
- install community plugins to extend the launcher
- build custom plugins for a spotlight-style launcher
- replace Spotlight or Alfred on Linux and Windows

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source cross-platform launcher
- you need an extensible launcher with a plugin ecosystem
- you prefer keyboard-driven productivity tools

## When to avoid
- you need a deeply polished commercial launcher like Alfred or Raycast
- you only work on mobile platforms
- you need a launcher with heavy IDE or terminal integration

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, gui, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: launcher, spotlight-alternative, keyboard-shortcuts, productivity-booster, extensible, command-line, macos, linux, electron

## Member repositories
- cerebroapp/cerebro (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.518371+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:26:17.885553+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cerebroapp/cerebro (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.518371+00:00, sha 72dc61f952aa)
  - homepage: https://www.cerebroapp.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:55.533536+00:00, sha 8c7629880d10)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.