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A repo to collect ideas for activities/projects to be done by the group members
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Open-source clone of PushBullet #6

Open meladawy opened 9 years ago

meladawy commented 9 years ago

By Amr Eldib @AmrEldib

AmrEldib commented 9 years ago

The main components are:

Pusher.com is a hosted service for building real-time apps. Here's a list of self-hosted alternatives that can be helpful is building an app like this: https://www.quora.com/What-are-alternatives-to-pusher-com

AmrEldib commented 9 years ago

Another related software that comes to mind is Firebase https://www.firebase.com/ but it's hosted (I think).

crutchcorn commented 9 years ago

;D https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/base/kdeconnect-kde/repository https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/base/kdeconnect-android/repository P.S. I am not saying don't go and make it better - just that you could use this as a base and totally even possibly make commits to the project to add features and make it much better. I personally think that the feature to use Android's actionable notifications really differentiates itself from everything else right now, though KDE has many more features. https://blog.pushbullet.com/2014/12/16/react-to-your-notifications-on-pc-with-new-quick-action-support/ Just some food for thought.

diaasami commented 9 years ago

I'm using kdeconnect and it's very useful, and I'd say its goals are not exactly the same as pushbullet (which I have only seen videos of), clipboard sync is automatic, file transfer is integrated in Dolphin (KDE's file manager) and via the share option on Andoid, it stops music on the PC when you receive a call, etc

crutchcorn commented 9 years ago

Exactly. This is something I use on a daily, and I love it. Their roadmap looks amazingly ambitious as well! https://todo.kde.org/?controller=board&action=readonly&token=27364ace24813c264a6065a06a2f2174c17e3e1180bc810f76c6c606202b

crutchcorn commented 9 years ago

In fact, if y'all are going to do this - why don't you start by helping these guys achieve this: https://todo.kde.org/?controller=task&action=readonly&task_id=584&token=27364ace24813c264a6065a06a2f2174c17e3e1180bc810f76c6c606202b and then later https://todo.kde.org/?controller=task&action=readonly&task_id=589&token=27364ace24813c264a6065a06a2f2174c17e3e1180bc810f76c6c606202b That way, you can use the backend on any platform using Qt, whether that be Android, Windows, OS X, WP, iOS, etc.

le-dawg commented 8 years ago

Is this idea still alive ? I truly love the way Pushbullet extends my life's capabilities but I am a bit uncomfortable using it since it runs through the servers of pushbullet (if it were p2p that would be a different story). A self-hosted option would be great.

crutchcorn commented 8 years ago

I think it's still down to getting down and dirty with KDE connect and removing the front and back end and more. If that can be done, anything can happen