WeatherBear

A gorgeous weather app for your Mac, Linux, and Windows. Made with ❤

Features

• Beautiful and easy to use weather app
• Supports switching between different weather data sources - Dark Sky, AccuWeather and Weatherbit
• Customizable weather locations
• Provides only the information that matters - temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind speed and UV index
• Hourly and daily forecast
• Auto reload data and background image
• Supports switching between Celsius and Fahrenheit and different measurement units
• ... and more. Check out the screenshots below!

Screenshots

macOS

Ubuntu

Windows

Light theme

Settings

Installation packages

OS	Download URL
macOS	https://github.com/ayltai/weatherbear/suites/872277729/artifacts/10155420
Linux	https://github.com/ayltai/weatherbear/suites/872277729/artifacts/10155419
Windows	https://github.com/ayltai/weatherbear/suites/872277729/artifacts/10155421

Development

Installation

1. Install NodeJS
2. Install dependencies

   npm i

Configuration

Dark Sky API

1. Get an API key from Dark Sky (Dark Sky is no longer accepting new signups)
2. Specify the API key for using Dark Sky:

   export REACT_APP_DARK_SKY_API_KEY=XXXXX

AccuWeather API

1. Get an API key from AccuWeather
2. Specify the API key for using AccuWeather:

   export REACT_APP_ACCU_WEATHER_API_KEY=XXXXX

Weatherbit API

1. Get an API key from Weatherbit
2. Specify the API key for using Weatherbit:

   export REACT_APP_WEATHER_BIT_API_KEY=XXXXX

Google Maps JavaScript API

1. Go to Google Cloud Platform Console to get an API key
2. Restrict your API key to the following APIs:
   • Geocoding API
   • Maps JavaScript API
   • Places API
3. Specify the API key for using Google Maps JavaScript APIs:

   export REACT_APP_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=xxxxx

Unsplash API

Specify the URL of your Unsplash API proxy:

export REACT_APP_UNSPLASH_API_ENDPOINT=https://unsplash-api-proxy.appspot.com

How to run in development environment

npm run electron

How to create a production build

npm run build

How to create installation packages

For macOS:

npm run package:mac

For Linux:

npm run package:nix

For Windows:

npm run package:win

Acknowledgements

This software is made with the support of open source projects:

• NodeJS
• React
• React Router
• Create React App
• Material UI
• Unsplash
• Chart.js
• menubar
• moment.js
• Request
• node-auto-launch
• i18next
• react-i18next
• Electron
• Electron Builder
• Concurrently
• wait-on
• Nock
• ESLint
• Stylelint
• Enzyme

... and closed source services:

• Google Maps JavaScript API