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When comparing Cerebro vs Gnome-Pie, the Slant community recommends Cerebro for most people. In the question“What are the best app launchers for UNIX-like systems?” Cerebro is ranked 12th while Gnome-Pie is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose Cerebro is:
List of plugins at [here](https://github.com/lubien/awesome-cerebro#plugins).
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Pros
Pro Extensible
List of plugins at here.
Pro Clean visual design
Pro Cross platform is a HUGE plus
Pro Measurement conversion and calculator
Pro Navigate file system with previews
Pro Closest approximate to look/feel of macOS's Spotlight on Linux
Pro Customizable
Ability to customize launchers (pies) and have multiple launchers.
Pro Simple to use
Simple GUI that can be launched at any moment using keybinds.
Pro Binding options
It recognizes the buttons on my mouse so I can bind my trigger key to a mouse button.
Cons
Con Development is not very active
Con Uses a lot of system resources
It's using a lot of system resources (it's an Electron app)
Con Plugin selection is small
Con No file system search
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