<p>If you're looking for a solution which will run on linux, then there's always a the <code>wget</code> command:</p>

<pre><code>wget -q -O - https://mtgox.com/code/ticker.php
</code></pre>

<p>You can run it in a loop in a terminal :)</p>

<p>Under the xfce desktop environment you could use the <code>genmon</code> panel plugin and feed it Mt. Gox's last trade data. Speaking of which, I think I'll do that myself. :)</p>

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When I visit `https://mtgox.com/code/ticker.php`, it says the API is deprecated.....
Pacerier
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Is there one that can use data from bitcoincharts.com? So I can monitor the price on localbtc?
Sean Chapman
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just made a quick shell script that i call from the genmon plugin. simple one-liner to grab the ticker and pull out last price: wget -q -O - https://mtgox.com/code/ticker.php --no-check-certificate | awk -F"," '{print $8}' | awk -F":" '{print $2}'
nanotube
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nanotube
<p>While it's not necessarily a <em>desktop</em> notifier, there <em>is</em> a functional web-app notifier recently <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=57736.0" rel="nofollow">publicized on the forums</a>: <a href="http://www.bitcoin-tools.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bitcoin-tools.de/</a></p>

<p>From the site:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>It is nothing more than a simple alert-system which alerts you
  whenever the buy, last or sell is reaching a defined level.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The tool includes audio alerts and user-definable limits.</p>

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David Perry
<p>There's a nice C2DM push based notifier for android but I'd like to know if there is one for the desktop environment, ideally linux? </p>

<p>Does anyone know if one exists?</p>

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Is there any desktop notifier application for bitcoin prices?
barrymac
# Is there any desktop notifier application for bitcoin prices?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-11)

There's a nice C2DM push based notifier for android but I'd like to know if there is one for the desktop environment, ideally linux?

Does anyone know if one exists?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-01-11. Score: 3

If you're looking for a solution which will run on linux, then there's always a the `wget` command:

```
wget -q -O - https://mtgox.com/code/ticker.php

```

You can run it in a loop in a terminal :)

Under the xfce desktop environment you could use the `genmon` panel plugin and feed it Mt. Gox's last trade data. Speaking of which, I think I'll do that myself. :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: just made a quick shell script that i call from the genmon plugin. simple one-liner to grab the ticker and pull out last price: wget -q -O - https://mtgox.com/code/ticker.php --no-check-certificate | awk -F"," '{print $8}' | awk -F":" '{print $2}'  
> **username_2**: When I visit `https://mtgox.com/code/ticker.php`, it says the API is deprecated.....  
> **username_3**: Is there one that can use data from bitcoincharts.com? So I can monitor the price on localbtc?  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2012-01-11. Score: 1

While it's not necessarily a *desktop* notifier, there *is* a functional web-app notifier recently [publicized on the forums](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=57736.0): <http://www.bitcoin-tools.de/>

From the site:

> It is nothing more than a simple alert-system which alerts you
> whenever the buy, last or sell is reaching a defined level.

The tool includes audio alerts and user-definable limits.


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