Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Cerebro – productivity booster with a brain
Cerebro is an open source and free electron-based productivity software alternative to Alfred and Spotlight.
Cerebro is an open-source launcher application that helps users search and access information quickly from their computer or the internet. It allows users to find files, maps, translations, and other content without… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cerebro – productivity booster with a brain launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Alfred 3▲687The Mac's best launcher just got a whole lot better
2016 · alfredapp.com · its alternatives →
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Sidekick Browser▲1,050A productivity browser for becoming focused and unstoppable
2020 · perplexity.ai · its alternatives →
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Omni▲588The all-in-one tool to supercharge your productivity
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I was mesmerized by the Claude Computer Use reveal last week and was specifically impressed by how well it navigated websites. This motivated me to create Cerebellum, a library that lets an LLM take control of a browser. Here is a demo of Cerebellum in action, performing the goal “Find a USB C to C cable that is 10 feet long and add it to cart” on amazon.com: https://youtu.be/xaZbuaWtVkA?si=Tq9lE6BXv9wjZ-qC Currently, it uses Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s newly released computer use ability, but the ultimate goal is to crowdsource a high quality set of browser sessions to train…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Manganum Sidebar▲581Your favorite productivity apps in 1 click on any Chrome tab
2023 · manganum.app · its alternatives →
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Productivity.so▲531Shortcuts and hacks for your favorite tools
2020 · productivity.so · its alternatives →
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Cerebella▲99AI powered spaced repetition learning with flash cards
2024 · unicornplatform.com · its alternatives →
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The productivity browser that helps you get stuff done. 👻
2017 · ghostbrowser.com · its alternatives →
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A Pomodoro meets GTD productivity pack for Alfred
2018 · its alternatives →
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Zazu is a new open source productivity app, that allows developers to be in the drivers seat. Unlike other solutions, there are no built in integrations, so every plugin has the full scope of what Zazu has to offer.
2017 · zazuapp.org · its alternatives →
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A smarter, more intuitive, and readable shell. You
2020 · murex.rocks · its alternatives →
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We’re Francis and Pierre, and we're excited to share Lightpanda (https://lightpanda.io), an open-source headless browser we’ve been building for the past 2 years from scratch in Zig (not dependent on Chromium or Firefox). It’s a faster and lighter alternative for headless operations without any graphical rendering. Why start over? We’ve worked a lot with Chrome headless at our previous company, scraping millions of web pages per day. While it’s powerful, it’s also heavy on CPU and memory usage. For scraping at scale, building AI agents, or automating websites, the overheads are…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I'm excited to show off Cerebellum, a new open-source tool designed to automate browser tasks using large language models (LLMs). Cerebellum is an LLM-based AI agent that interacts with web sites using mouse and keyboard interactions, much like you would. So it works on web sites whether or not they have an API. The only requirement is that you use a Selenium-supported browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. It’ll even work on Electron apps with a bit of setup! Furthermore, Cerebellum is open-source! We’d love both your feedback and contributions. The GitHub repo is here:…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Spotter▲114Productivity tool to launch everything
2021 · spotter-application.github.io · its alternatives →
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