# gen2brain/beeep

Go cross-platform library for sending desktop notifications, alerts and beeps

Repository: https://github.com/gen2brain/beeep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beeep
Language: Go
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: beep, beeps, notify, notifications
Last push: 2025-12-11T12:45:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 56, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3187, "days_push": 265, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1760, forks 103 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.569256+00:00)

## What it is
beeep is a cross-platform Go library for sending desktop notifications, alerts, and beeps. It abstracts platform-specific notification mechanisms (such as DBus and notify-send) behind a simple API.

## Use cases
- send desktop notifications from a Go application
- show alert popups cross-platform
- play a beep sound in a Go program
- notify users when a long-running task finishes
- add notification support to a CLI tool

## When to choose
- you need simple desktop notifications in a Go app across Linux, macOS, and Windows
- you want a minimal dependency-free-feeling API for alerts and beeps

## When to avoid
- you need rich interactive notifications with actions or buttons
- you are not developing in Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform
- tags: desktop-notifications, alerts, beeps, notification-api, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gen2brain/beeep (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.569256+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:27:14.445059+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gen2brain/beeep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.569256+00:00, sha 317e34b3401d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.