protoncheck 

awesome waybar/polybar/yabar/i3blocks module to check the amount of unread emails in a ProtonMail inbox.

Installation

You may compile protoncheck yourself or download a copy from the Releases.

Usage

Run protoncheck, using the --username and --password flags to supply your ProtonMail username and password, respectively. It will output the amount of unread emails in your inbox.

⚠️ Protoncheck doesn't work with accounts with 2FA enabled.

waybar Config

Below is a sample Waybar configuration to check your ProtonMail inbox every 30 seconds.

~/.config/waybar/config:

"modules-right": {
  "custom/protoncheck"
}

"custom/protoncheck": {
		"exec": "~/bin/protoncheck --username USER@protonmail.com --password PASSWORD",
		"format": " {}",
		"interval": 30,
		"on-click": "xdg-open https://mail.protonmail.com/inbox"
}

polybar Config

Below is a sample Polybar configuration to check your ProtonMail inbox every 30 seconds.

~/.config/polybar/config:

modules-right = protoncheck

[module/protoncheck]
type = custom/script
exec = ~/bin/protoncheck --username USER@protonmail.com --password PASSWORD | sed  's/^/ /'
interval = 30
click-left = xdg-open https://mail.protonmail.com/inbox

yabar Config

Below is a sample yabar configuration to check your ProtonMail inbox every 30 seconds.

~/.config/yabar/yabar.conf:

	title: {
		exec: ~/bin/protoncheck --username USER@protonmail.com --password PASSWORD | sed  's/^/ /';
		type: "periodic";
		interval: 30;
	}

i3blocks Config

Below is a sample i3blocks configuration to check your ProtonMail inbox every 30 seconds.

~/.config/i3blocks/config:

[protoncheck]
command=~/bin/protoncheck --username USER@protonmail.com --password PASSWORD | sed  's/^/ /'
interval=30
color=#A4C2F4

Credits

• Special thank you to @crabvk for making bar-protonmail, without which I wouldn't have had the inspiration to make protoncheck.

Sponsoring

Work on protoncheck is done by volunteers in their free time, and takes time and effort. To show your appreciation and to provide continued motivation for work on this and other open source software, please send a donation.