Cinnotify Server

Server software for the Cinnotify Android app. Mirrors notifications received on an Android device onto a Linux device with a libnotify compatible notification server installed (e.g. Cinnamon/GNOME).

Downloading

Download the source from Github with

git clone --recursive https://github.com/SCOTPAUL/CinnotifyServer.git

Building on Linux Mint

Install dependencies

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libnotify-dev libgtk2.0-dev openssl libavahi-client-dev libavahi-client3

If you did not include the --recursive flag when cloning, you also have to do the following.

cd lib/
git clone https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON.git

Alternatively, cJSON can be installed from elsewhere.

Compile and install

cd CinnotifyServer/
make
sudo make install

Running on startup

Edit /etc/rc.local, adding cinnotify-server -s & before exit 0.

Usage

Default

cinnotify-server

Silent

Redirects stderr and stdout to allow running silently in the background.

cinnotify-server -s

Custom Port

If the Cinnotify app is using a port other than 6525 (the default), the listening port can be set to a custom value.

cinnotify-server -p [PORT]

Encryption

If encryption is enabled in the app, the correct password must be given to this server in order to decrypt incoming messages.

cinnotify-server -e [PASSWORD]

TODO

• Implement end to end encryption to prevent interception of potentially private notifications over public networks.
• Receive app icon images and display these to tell the user which app the notification came from.
• Improve notification parser to allow special characters in notifications.
• Allow the user to manually set the port number with a flag.