Internet Connectivity Checker

A tray icon that shows whether you are online, and blinks when you are not. It is plain Python 3 with no build step — clone it and run it.

Linux · Python 3 MIT

Clone from GitHub. No packages, no build step.

Online

Offline — this one blinks

What it does

Features

Sits in the system tray with a connected and a disconnected icon
Blinks while the connection is down, so a drop is noticed without looking for it
Runs on GNOME, Cinnamon, XFCE and other desktops through AppIndicator
Plain Python 3 with GTK bindings — nothing to compile

Where to get it

Clone from GitHub. No packages, no build step.

Licence and privacy

Internet Connectivity Checker is released under MIT. The full text ships with the source.

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