General

• New application icon;
• Added support for cerebro:https:// protocol. I.e. if you want to add a quick link for your plugin on web page just use: cerebro:https://search?term="plugins cerebro-imdb"
• Manual updates: added Check for updates item in tray menu;
• Autoupdate (beta);
• Added "update" action for plugins
• Added "quit" command

Dev

• Added "developer" submenu in tray menu (thanks @staff0rd);
• Added appveyor CI for windows tests/builds;
• Added tests for packaging on CI;
• Added logger for plugin install/uninstall;

General

• Use system font instead of hardcoded Helvetica Neue;
• Windows support:
  
• Linux support
  

Plugins

• Maps: now you can search for places nearby by name, not only address;
• OSx apps: faster reaction on application updates (install/uninstall);
• Some OSx-related plugins (contacts, define, system) are not in core now, so you should install them explicitly;

Dev

• Added hideWindow action to hide main Cerebro window;
• After plugin installation reload all application windows (including background), not only main;
• Use node packages for recursive remove directory and untar archive for plugins;

General

• Now → can be used for autocomplete, not only tab;
• Reduce application size;
• Better search and improved performance;
• Added update action for external plugins;
• Cerebro added to brew cask. If you use it you can install cerebro with one line from terminal: brew cask install cerebro.

Plugins

Core plugins

• Apps: fixed search for non-english locales;
• Maps: allow to use maps plugin with russian language, like "карта самара";

External plugins

(these plugins should be installed with plugins command)

• IMDB: Search for films on imdb.com. You can see some details like plot, poster and actors/directors in preview;
  
• Shell: Execute any shell command from cerebro.
  

Dev

• Electron updated to v1.4.12;
• Use electron-builder instead of electron-packager, that simplifies building process.

General

• Better search & sort of results;
• Better API for external plugins;
• Created plugins management system so developers can create and share plugins;
• Some core plugins (gif, emoji, ip, kill) moved to externals, you can install them using plugins command;
• Added plugin documentation. Now you can easily create your own plugin and share it with other users;
• Created boilerplage repository for plugins. You can use it to focus only on plugin functionality;
• Added developer mode to settings: now you can turn-on developer tools to see console, that simplifies creation of your plugins.

Plugins

• Apps: show real name instead of .app name for some applications (i.e. chrome apps, like Postman);
• Converter: added bitcoin;
• Autocomplete: now if plugin supports keyword (ip, kill, gif, emoj, maps, etc) – Cerebro shows autocomplete for these keywords;
• Autocomplete: now you can use enter key for autocomplete;
• cerebro-ip: Added big preview with IP;
• cerebro-ip: now you can use enter as well as cmd+c to copy ip to clipboard;
• cerebro-gif: Now you can use enter as well as cmd+c to copy gif url to clipboard.

• Reduced Cerebro.app file size;
• Added dark theme:
  

• Now you can do math operations in converter, like 512 - 31*2 $ in eur
• Now we are looking for apps in all directories, not only in /Applications
• Fix preview issue in fullscree: now you can use 100% of height for maps and other previews;
• Faster initial loading;

First beta release!

Features:

• Google search with suggestions;
• Keyboard navigation in results and preview;
• Search and launch applications;
• Files navigation with previews for main file formats (pdf, images, text, code) by / or ~;
• Calculator;
• Smart converter for currency, distance, mass and temperature;
• Translate with yandex translate API;
• OSx contacts search with keyboard navigation in fields and ability to copy field to clipboard;
• Define in built-in dictionary;
• Search for gifs on giphy.com, i.e. gif funny, how i met your mother gif;
• System commands: Logout, Sleep, Lock, Restart, Shut Down, Screen Saver;
• Open system directory: Airdrop, Icloud drive, Trash;
• Search on google maps (i.e. Barcelona map);
• Open URL + show summary of webpage based on meta-tags;

More geeky:

• Kill process by name so you can always kill Cerebro from Cerebro;
• Show your internal and external IP;

Demo