Alfred is among the first things that I install when setting up a new Mac. It is a keyboard launcher similar to Spotlight but supercharged. A few years back, there used to be an app called Flashlight that brought amazing functionality to Spotlight. Sadly, Flashlight is no longer an option because it needs macOS “System Integrity Protection” to be disabled which is not safe.

Alfred has a lots of plugins. In the below MindMap I have organized the top plugins that I use for programming and research. You can click on each node to learn more.