GitHub Notify

A small Windows tray app that watches your own GitHub repositories and tells you when something happens on your issues and pull requests — no browser tab required.

What it does

It groups issues and PRs by repository in a simple tabbed window you can collapse and expand, flags items with new activity (comments, updates) with a count, and marks collapsed repositories that have unread items with a dot. The tray icon switches when there's unread activity, and a Windows notification pops when something new arrives while the app isn't focused. The rest of the time it stays quietly out of your way.

Clicking an item opens it in the browser and marks it read; right-click marks things read or unread, and Ctrl+click selects several items — or a whole repository — to act on at once. Settings control which issues and PRs you see, whether bot activity is hidden, and how often it polls.

What you need

Windows 10/11, Python with a few packages (PySide6, httpx, keyring, win11toast), and a GitHub Personal Access Token — classic with notifications + repo, or fine-grained with read access to metadata, issues, and pull requests. Start it with run.bat; the first run opens the window so you can paste the token, and after that it starts straight to the tray.