The Bug Out Monitor is a Go application (protoryped in python) that monitors news articles for mentions of specific keywords related to international conflicts. When the script detects relevant keywords in the news, it sends notifications and plays a voice alert on your system.
As you all know, Wagner et al are (or were) eager to make a move, with opposing leaders throwing their arms up saying "We don't know how we can stop them". So I decided to create a bug out monitor, so that it can alert me of any invasions to bug out, if needed.
And now the mess in the middle east has started not too long ago.
If you'd like to contribute, you are free to do so. There are no rules, besides me reviewing PRs. But most likely I will approve it.
However there is 1 requirement, please refrain from using Natural Language processors. As they are resource heavy, and I would like this to be lightweight monitor.
Before running the Bug Out Monitor, ensure you have Go installed on your system.
You will also need the following additional packages for the Text-to-Speech (TTS) feature:
- notify-send command-line utility (for Linux desktop notifications)
- espeak package (for TTS support on Linux)
You can install the required Python libraries using the following command:
On Linux, you can install the espeak package using the package manager specific to your distribution. For example:
Arch:
sudo pacman -S espeak-ngUbuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install espeakFedora:
sudo dnf install espeakIn some cases, one will need to make a symlink for espeak-ng:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libespeak-ng.so.1 /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1If you've gotten this far, you should be able to compile and run it yourself. You're a big boy dev now
To run the Bug Out Monitor periodically using cron, add the following line to your crontab:
*/30 * * * * /path/to/your/bom-ngReplace /path/to/your/bom-ng with the full path to the bom-ng binary you have compiled on your system.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.