Forge Sparks is a graphical application for viewing notifications from Git hosting platforms. It supports GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo, helping developers follow repository activity without keeping multiple forge websites open throughout the day.
The application is designed for GNOME and uses GTK and libadwaita to provide an interface that integrates with the desktop environment. Its purpose is to bring notifications from different development services into a more convenient location.
Forge Sparks is particularly useful for developers and maintainers who contribute to projects hosted across several forges. It concentrates on notification handling rather than attempting to replace full-featured Git clients or web-based development platforms.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- View notifications from GitHub repositories.
- Support for notifications from GitLab instances.
- Integration with Gitea and Forgejo hosting platforms.
- Consolidate notifications from supported Git forges in a graphical application.
- Desktop notification integration for informing users about repository activity.
- Manage notification reading and follow-up through the application interface.
- GTK interface designed for the GNOME desktop environment.
- Uses libadwaita for GNOME-style interface components.
- Uses GNOME libraries for desktop integration and credential handling.
- Provides a dedicated notification workflow without requiring a full Git development environment.
- Support for community translations.
- Can be built using the Meson build system and standard GNOME development tools.
Website: github.com/rafaelmardojai/forge-sparks
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Developer: Rafael Mardojai CM
License: MIT License
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