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PB for Desktop is alightweight open-sourceDesktop app forPushBullet.
Receive native push notifications on macOS, Windows and Linux.



Not affiliated with PushBullet, Inc.

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Cross Platform

Tested on:

• macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G1012)
• Windows 10 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803
• Linux Ubuntu 19, elementaryOS 0.4

Unobtrusive

Runs as a Menubar (macOS) or a SysTray (Windows) app. Small resource footprint.

Native Notifications

Uses macOS'Notification Center, the Windows 10Action Center andlibnotify for Linux.

Notification Thumbnails

For text-based pushes, notification thumbnails are generated on-the-fly based on a the originating Websites' favicon.For pushes containing image content, a thumbnail-sized image is shown within the notification.

Custom Sound Effects

Use the default PushBullet sound or one of your choice.Ships multiple sound effect sets: Android, iOS, Tesla Motors, Slack, Nintendo, Windows, macOSOr use your own custom sound (supported formats:.m4a,.mp3,.mp4,.ogg and.wav)

Notification Filter

A portable, file-based filter allows you to skip notifications you don't need.Supports regular expressions.

Simple Setup

No wrestling with API-Keys or other technical knowledge required.Login to Pushbullet using Google or Facebook.

SMS

Send & receive SMS to Android devices.

Inline SMS Message Reply

Reply to SMS messages directly within native Desktop notifications (macOS).

Channel Images for IFTTT and Zapier

Channel-specific (e.g.IFTTT,Zapier,Chat) icon images for most notifications.

Notification Mirroring

Mirror Android notifications (Android).

Direct Pushes to Desktop

Adds aPB for Desktop PushBullet device for sending pushes to your desktop.

Developer Friendly

Ships multiple NodeJS-driven command scripts for Developers, ascode contributions are welcome.

1. Installation
2. Development
3. Building
4. Roadmap
5. Contribute
6. Author

Grab the latest version here:Download Pushbullet for Desktop

npm install --global pb-for-desktop

To clone the Git repository and install the required dependencies, run these Shell commands:

git clone https://github.com/sidneys/pb-for-desktop.gitcd pb-for-desktopnpm install

The followingnpm scripts are available for development purposes:

Runs the app in development mode.

npm run start

Parameters:

• --debug Start with development tools

Installs the app in the System app folder and starts it.

npm run localsetup

Parameters:

• --build Rebuilds app before installation
• --preview Build "Preview" app
• --debug Start with enabled development tools

Builds the application and creates platform-specific installation packages (seerequirements).If no parameter is supplied, the current platform is built.Supports building a Beta application version, which is running side-by-side with the regular version.

npm run build

Parameters:

• --macos Build & Package for macOS
• --windows Build & Package for Windows
• --linux Build & Package for Linux
• --preview Build "Preview" app

See thebuild Developer command.

• Only macOS can build all other platforms and requiresHomebrew to install the prerequisite software.
• Building Windows (on macOS, Linux) requireswine,mono
• Building Linux (on macOS, Windows) requiresfakeroot, dpkg

brew install wine mono

brew install fakeroot dpkg

apt-get install wine mono gcc-multilib g++-multilib

• Binaries signed for Distribution (macOS, Windows)
• End-To-End Tests (seeSpectron)

Read thecontribution documentation first.

• Issues File bugs and document issues.
• Developer Chat: Talk about features and suggestions.

MIT

sidneys 2019