Brypto Price Tracker

A simple, frameless, always-on-top desktop widget that displays real-time prices from Binance.

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Features

• Frameless and Always-on-Top: Designed to be unobtrusive and stay visible while at work.
• Customizable Symbols: Add symbols to track to ~/.pricetrack.json.
• Real-Time Updates: Prices are updated every 2 minutes.
• Draggable: Easily move the widget around your screen by dragging it.
• Color Toggle: Right-click on the widget to toggle between magenta and green text color.

Installation

1. Prerequisites:

   • C++17
   • Qt (5.15 or higher)

2. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/zewebdev1337/brypto-price-tracker.git

3. Build and install:

   mkdir build
   cd build
   qmake ../widget.pro
   make
   ./price-tracker

   OR

   ./scripts/deploy.sh # This will build the widget, place the binary at /usr/local/bin/, create and start a systemd service for it for the current user.

Configuration

The widget reads the list of symbols to track from ~/.pricetrack.json.

Example ~/.pricetrack.json:

["TRX", "PEPE", "SOL", "BNB"]

If the configuration file does not exist, the widget will create one with the default symbols: BTC, ETH, SOL.