$ show cerebroapp/cerebro
Cerebro is an Electron-based desktop launcher application that provides a search interface (triggered by Ctrl+Space) for launching applications, web search, file navigation, calculations, and unit conversions. It features a two-renderer process architecture to maintain UI responsiveness during long-running tasks, a plugin system for extensibility, and uses Redux for state management. The application consists of a main process handling app lifecycle, a main renderer for the UI, and a background renderer for asynchronous plugin initialization and long tasks.
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