Tired of missing GitHub PR reviews? I built github-monitor -- a lightweight Linux daemon that watches for PRs assigned to you and sends desktop notifications the moment they land.
Features:
- Desktop notifications with author avatars via notify-send
- System tray indicator with live PR count and clickable PR list
- Runs quietly as a systemd user service -- set it and forget it
- Config reload on SIGHUP, graceful shutdown on SIGTERM
Under the hood:
- Pure async Python (asyncio) -- no threads, no blocking I/O
- aiohttp for GitHub API, dbus-next for session bus IPC
- Daemon exposes live state over D-Bus, indicator connects as a separate process
- Frozen dataclasses, strict mypy, full test coverage
Built with Python 3.13+, packaged with hatchling, managed with uv.
It's open source and I'd love feedback -- whether it's bug reports, feature ideas, or contributions!
https://github.com/dvoraj75/github-monitor
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