Superfast Inbox For Your GitHub Notifications

Octobud is an open source Mac desktop app that lets you manage the flood of GitHub notifications with advanced filtering, custom views, keyboard shortcuts, and automation rules.

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Fully featured inbox with maximum speed

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Super Fast Loading

Issue, PR, and Discussion data is stored locally for instant lookup and filtering.

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Rich Timeline

See the full story of an issue or PR: commits, reviews, comments, and status changes in a rich timeline view.

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Full Lifecycle Management

Star, Snooze, Archive, Tag, and Mute notifications. Keep your inbox clean and focused.

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Rich Querying

Filter with a powerful query language

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Custom Views

Create saved filtered views for your workflow

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Automation Rules

Filter, tag, archive and more with query-based rules

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Keyboard-First

Vim-style navigation and intuitive shortcuts

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Desktop Notifications

Never miss a review request or issue reply

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Inline Details

View issue and PR status, comments, and more inline

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Split Pane Mode

View details side by side with your inbox

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Real-Time Sync

Background sync keeps everything up to date

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Privacy-First

Local-first, your data stays on your machine

Quick Start

Download and install the Mac app (recommended), or build from source for Linux/Windows.

# Option 1: Download installer (recommended)
# Download from: https://github.com/octobud-hq/octobud/releases
# Install the .pkg file, then launch Octobud from Applications

# Option 2: Build from source
git clone https://github.com/octobud-hq/octobud.git
cd octobud
make build
./bin/octobud

On macOS, Octobud appears in your menu bar and opens automatically. On Linux/Windows, open http://localhost:8808 manually. See the full setup guide for more details.