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Overview
Pi-Hole DNS Widget for Desktop
PiHole Widgets is a project I needed to make for my personal needs, and I decided to share it with you.
It is developed with JavaFX, and uses the framework TilesFX.
Screen Shots
Square
Horizontal
Features
- Live stats from pihole servers.
- Modern widgets.
- Comes with a simple install/uninstall for Windows.
- Great summary of your pihole DNS in one place.
- Show the last blocked domain.
- Shows last time gravity was updated.
- Change visual aspects of Widget.
- Change size to your needs.
- Simple configuration.
Upcoming features
- Support for 2 Pi-Holes.
- Beautiful Themes.
- Hide to tray option.
- Easy to install for macOS and Linux.
- Enable/Disable Pihole from widget.
Donation
All donations are welcome and any amount of money will help me to maintain this project :)
Installation
Pre-Requisites
- Java 17+
- Last version of Pihole.
Configuration
The widget automatically sets its configuration to the default pi-hole local address if that doesn't work , open the configuration interface by right clicking on the widget then click on Settings.
Then input your pihole IP Address/Port and API Token, and click Apply.
Where to find the API TOKEN
Personalize your widget
You can set your Widget size or layout by accessing the Widget configuration panel in Settings (Restart needed).
Running the widget
Exe is available for Windows, for other OS Gradle run the project, or you can package it to your needs using gradle jpackage or whatever tool suits you.
If you want to close Widget right-click on the Widget and a contextual menu will appear giving you the option to close it or update manually.
Testing
App is still in Beta, not tested enough, only ran on Windows 10, Mint OS and Ubuntu.
if you find any bugs or want to suggest new features please go to : https://github.com/foxy999/PiHoleWidgets/issues
Credits
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hans0l0 for the project TilesFX.
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afsalashyana for the helpful Covid Widget and JavaFX Tutorials.
Licence
Copyright (C) 2022. Reda ELFARISSI aka foxy999
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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