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When comparing Hain vs Spotlight, the Slant community recommends Spotlight for most people. In the question“What are the best app launchers for Mac OS X?” Spotlight is ranked 5th while Hain is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Spotlight is:
Spotlight comes packaged with OS X and iOS.
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Pros
Pro Under active development
Pro Cross platform
Pro Compatible with the Albert theming system
Pro Easy plugin installation using NPM integration
Pro Native to OS X
Spotlight comes packaged with OS X and iOS.
Pro Intuitive
Cons
Con Built in electron but linux and mac versions have to be compiled by the user since the dev only officially compiles and distributes to windows for now
Con Limited customization
Allows for very little customization, not theming, and no custom scripting.
Con No longer launches applications at all in Sierra
After updating to Sierra, typing an application name in Spotlight results in "No Results" or random wikipedia matches. True even after reloading com.apple.metadata.mds.plist and adding/removing "Macintosh HD" on the "Privacy" tab. Launchpad still works.