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24 alternatives to A useful app for GitHub Notifications

Struggling to keep a handle on your GitHub notifications? Never fear, Hawk Eye is here!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A useful app for GitHub Notifications launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hawk Eye▲78

   A useful app for GitHub Notifications

   2017 · harksys.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Gitify▲102

   GitHub Notifications on your desktop.

   2015 · gitify.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   GitHub Notifier▲91

   Get GitHub notifications in Chrome

   2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Refined GitHub Notifications▲69

   UI improvements for the new GitHub Notifications page

   2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Neat▲196

   Supercharge your GitHub workflow

   2021 · neat.run · its alternatives →

6. 6
   GitBuzz▲70

   Stay up to date with your GitHub account

   2023 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   GitHawk▲75

   Take back your GitHub notifications on iOS

   2018 · nc.me · its alternatives →

8. 8
   PullNotifier▲361

   Improve productivity for dev teams using Github and Slack

   2024 · pullnotifier.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   GitMails▲95

   Instant notifications for critical GitHub org events

   2022 · gitmails.xyz · its alternatives →

10. 10
    GitHub for mobile▲467

    The world’s development platform, in your pocket

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Board For GitHub▲293

    A webview based GitHub project app with native features

    2017 · justinfincher.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    GitPigeon▲94

    GitHub notifications delivered to your Mac

    2020 · gitpigeon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Your Year In Code▲93

    Like Spotify rewind, but for Github

    2022 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    PullNotify▲100

    Upgrade your GitHub PR workflow

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Brigitte▲65

    Get GitHub notification on your phone

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Pull Reminders for GitHub▲148

    Slack reminders and metrics for pull requests

    2018 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    GitHub Notifications▲7

    Chrome extension to show github notification

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Scope▲91

    Customizable birdeye's view of your Github project

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Octofication, GitHub notifications for Chrome▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Explorer for GitHub▲148

    Explore GitHub from your Mac menubar or iPhone

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ContriBar▲137

    Bring GitHub contributions chart to your Mac menu bar

    2023 · contribar.framer.website · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Git Glance▲76

    Quickly get an overview of your GitHub pull requests

    2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Githunt 2.0▲176

    Explore the top projects on GitHub 🏆

    2018 · kamran.fyi · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Apprise – A lightweight all-in-one notification solution▲163

    I introduced Hacker News to Apprise back when it was just an experiment (and supported just 30 or so notification services at the time). Now supporting more then 85+ services and with a ton of built in features, I officially created it's first stable v1.0.0 release marking a major milestone for the project. Apprise doesn't compete with other notification services out there; instead it just acts as a proxy (or master switchboard) to support handling messages to them. It's a means of decoupling notification support from the systems that want to provide them. The idea is to adopt Apprise into…

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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