fritzbox-tray 1.0.58

A system tray application for interacting with FRITZ!Box devices.

FritzBox Tray

A system tray application for interacting with FRITZ!Box devices.

Features

• Display current external IP address
• Reconnect FRITZ!Box device
• Quit application

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher

Installation

To install FritzBox Tray, run the following command:

pip install fritzbox-tray

Usage

To start FritzBox Tray:

• On Windows, the application can be run from any location. Simply double-click the fritzbox-tray.exe (usually located in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python##\Scripts or run the fritzbox-tray command from the command prompt.

• On Linux, it is necessary to navigate to the application's folder path (usually located in ~/.local/bin) before running the application, using the ./fritzbox-tray command.

This will place an icon in the system tray. Right-clicking on the icon will display a menu with the following options:

• Display Current IP Address: Display a notification with the current external IP address of the FRITZ!Box device

• Reconnect: Terminate and re-establish the Internet connection of the FRITZ!Box device

• Quit: Close the application

Common Issues

"ValueError: Namespace AppIndicator3 not available" (Linux Only)

This error message indicates that the AppIndicator3 module, which the application uses to display tray icons on Linux, is not available on your system.

To resolve this issue, you will need to install the libayatana-appindicator3-dev package, which provides the necessary files and libraries for the AppIndicator3 module. To install the package, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install libayatana-appindicator3-dev

Contribution

Pull requests and issues are welcome.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

See the LICENSE file for details.