Github Release checker

Get notified on new releases of your starred & watched repos.

Setup

# go get this repo
go get -u github.com/leonklingele/github-release-checker
# .. and cd into it
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/leonklingele/github-release-checker

# Install config file to $HOME/.github-release-checker/config.toml
make config
# .. and edit it at will
# I recommend to not enable "mail" on the first run as it will
# most likely spam your inbox.
$EDITOR $HOME/.github-release-checker/config.toml

# Finally start the app
github-release-checker

Example config

My current configuration:

[checker]
# How frequently to run the check
interval = "5m"
# Number of scraping workers to spawn
workers  = 10

[checker.db]
path = "$HOME/.github-release-checker/sqlite.db"

[checker.repositories]
# Repos to ignore
ignored   = [
  "vim/vim",
]
# Repos to mark as "important". This is useful to e.g. send push
# notification emails for releases of certain repos.
important = [
  "git/git",
  "golang/go",
  "libressl-portable/openbsd",
  "libressl-portable/portable",
  "nginx/nginx",
  "openssh/openssh-portable",
  "openssl/openssl",
  "openvpn/openvpn",
]

[checker.github]
# Your Github username
user  = "leonklingele"
# Your Github access token. Only "public access" must be granted.
# Generate a token here: https://github.com/settings/tokens
token = ".."

[mail]
# Whether to send email notifications on new releases
enabled  = true
# Number of mail workers
workers  = 5
# Whether to accept untrusted certificates
insecure = true

# How to connect to the mail server
host = "localhost"
port = 25
user = ""
pswd = ""

# Sender address
from         = "[email protected]"
# Recipient addresses
to           = [ "[email protected]" ]
# Recipient addresses for "important" releases, e.g. a Boxcar
# email address: https://boxcar.io/
important_to = [ "[email protected]" ]

# Subject template
subject = "New release of $fullName"
# Body template
body    = "New release of $url : $version"