Moodle CMS Notifications

• View unread Moodle CMS notifications.
• Mark all notifications as read.
• Lightweight with no dependencies.
• Cross platform.
• Authentication using tokens, so should be secure.
• Works for any Moodle deployment.
• Refreshes every 15 minutes in the background.
• Written in Rust.

If you have cargo installed, install this application directly using cargo install cms_notifs and launch it by running the command cms_notifs.

Using

• Download for Linux ( 64 bit ) from here.
• Make the downloaded file executable ( chmod +x /path/to/downloaded/file )
• Run the downloaded executable. ( ./path/to/downloaded/file )
• Fill in the required config details asked.
• It will run in the background.

Launch with --settings command line argument to open the settings dialog.

Compile from source

• Clone this repository.
• Install the rust toolchain.
• ( Linux only ) Install Webkit development library by running sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
• Run cargo run to compile and run the application.

Todo

• Auto-startup on login.
• More configuration options.
• Better Error handling.
• Refactor code to be more idiomatic.

License

Copyright (C) 2021 Divyanshu Agrawal

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.