This repository contains code to scan for new releases of configurable github repositories and publish new releases to different Mastodon accounts.
I’m selfhosting several services, mostly based on docker containers. Many of these are managed on Github and publish releases there. What annoys me is that I regularly miss updates.
I’m also quite active on Mastodon so I thought it would be handy to have a bot automatically scanning for new github releases and posting a new toot for every new release.
The bot can be configured to scan multiple different github repositories and publish to different mastodon accounts.
You can use the notification feature of Mastodon to get a notification, whenever a new post is published. Just follow an account and hit the little bell icon on its profile page.
Here’s the code, if someone is interested in that:
Thank you! I use Debian 11, installed make, build-essential and golang, and still receiving the same message (feels like I should learn how to use these packages first).
Using your file was working, but unfortunately gotify container just stops after some time. I was reading the docs and I must admit I don’t understand a tiny bit :D. Spinning gotify server in docker container was super easy tho. I’d like to get this working, but feels bad for taking your time mate, and I even stole the thread (Sorry OP) lol.
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Copying your file to data/plugins worked! Now just have to wait for next feed to test it out. Thank you again <3
Still don’t know how to use command tho :D Sorry, I’m noob. Was trying to enter that command in terminal, but I get:
Assuming you are on a Debian/Ubuntu based distro, make sure you have the following packages installed
build-essentialgolangHowever Gotify recomends using docker to build plugins
https://gotify.net/docs/plugin-deploy#with-docker-recommended
Thank you! I use Debian 11, installed make, build-essential and golang, and still receiving the same message (feels like I should learn how to use these packages first).
Using your file was working, but unfortunately gotify container just stops after some time. I was reading the docs and I must admit I don’t understand a tiny bit :D. Spinning gotify server in docker container was super easy tho. I’d like to get this working, but feels bad for taking your time mate, and I even stole the thread (Sorry OP) lol.