This software helps you add a little more security to your desktop. It does so by detecting one of your bluetooth devices, most likely your mobile phone, and keeping track of its distance.
This current version (1.3.3) only upgraded the original code to make it run in Python 3 / GTK+ 3. I have respected the original work from Lars Friedrichs as much as possible. In the future, if there's interest on this software I might continue developing it under a new name. Just let me know :-)
- Rodrigo Gambra-Middleton (rodrigo@tiktaalik.dev)
If you move away from your computer and the distance is above a certain level for a given time, it automatically locks your desktop (or starts any other shell command you want).
Once away your computer awaits its master back - if you are nearer than a given level for a set time your computer unlocks magically without any interaction (or starts any other shell command you want).
See the doc/ directory or the website which both contain a manual with screenshots.
Please note that there might still some bugs, use the sourceforge site to keep track of them or tell me about new ones not mentioned there. Please read the whole manual - it's short enough, hopefully easy understandable and hey - it even got some pretty pictures in there too :-)
Note from the maintainer of this fork (RGM):
For the moment, this application hasn't been packaged for installation as a .deb or .rpm. If you know how to do it, please reach out and I'll include such packages!
Arch Linux Package (maintained by: Laurent OF Fough)
- AUR Package available here: AUR/ blueproximity-py3-git
Installation via yay|trizen, etc: (* Package is marked as conflicting with the Python2 version, to avoid having both installed)
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$ yay -S blueproximity-py3-git
Create a virtual environment for Python 3.8 and install the required libraries using the requirements.txt file.
cd my-blueproximity-project/
virtualenv --python=python3.8 venvs/venv3.8
source venvs/venv3.8/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txtNote from the 'maintainer' of this fork (RGM):
The only important configuration for this version is to set the correct path where the software will be installed. If you download this software and you run it as a local user from a folder in your home directory, then you don't have to change anything. But if you're creating an installation package for a distribution, please take care of setting the right path in the variable dist_path that you will find at the beginning of the proximity.py script.
- 1.3.3 Bug fixes
- 1.3.2 Fixed README.md (this file) mistake
- 1.3.1 Bug fix
- 1.3.0 Updated application so it now runs in Python 3 and GTK+ 3
Rodrigo Gambra – @TiktaalikDev – rodrigo@tiktaalik.dev
Distributed under the GPL v.2 license. See COPYING for more information.
Blueproximity - Desktop application to lock/unlock your screen automatically based on detecting
how close it's another Bluetooth device (e.g. your mobile phone).
Copyright (C) 2007 Lars Friedrichs <larsfriedrichs@gmx.de>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
https://github.com/tiktaalik-dev/blueproximity/
- Fork it (https://github.com/tiktaalik-dev/blueproximity/)
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/fooBar) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some fooBar') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/fooBar) - Create a new Pull Request
Here's a list on contributors to the source:
- Lars Friedrichs (Author)
- Tobias Jakobs (GUI optimizations)
- Zsolt Mazolt (GUI and KDE stuff)
- Rodrigo Gambra-Middleton (Upgrade to run in Python3 and GTK+ 3. Maintainer of this fork)
- Dan Bader for providing a free README.md template for this documentation. See https://dbader.org/blog/write-a-great-readme-for-your-github-project