The latest articles on DEV Community by Mihir (@mihir95). https://dev.to/mihir95 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3091666%2F1a08383a-dafa-44ea-ac33-ad2dc01e4496.jpeg https://dev.to/mihir95 en Mihir Sat, 26 Apr 2025 05:10:26 +0000 https://dev.to/mihir95/telert-telegramslackdesktop-alerts-when-your-terminal-commands-finish-30ej https://dev.to/mihir95/telert-telegramslackdesktop-alerts-when-your-terminal-commands-finish-30ej <p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>I recently built a small open-source tool called <strong><a href="https://github.com/navig-me/telert/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Telert</a></strong>.<br> It helps you get notifications when your terminal commands or Python scripts finish running — useful when you run long processes and don't want to keep checking the terminal.</p> <p>I built it for myself initially, but realized it might help others too!</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fypcpk117ovtqphqgiwtw.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fypcpk117ovtqphqgiwtw.gif" alt="Telert Demo" width="2074" height="1176"></a></p> <h2> What Telert Does </h2> <ul> <li>Works as a command-line utility and a Python hook</li> <li>Sends notifications via Telegram, Slack, Teams, desktop notifications, or audio alerts</li> <li>Customizable messages with status codes (success, failure, etc.)</li> <li>Hooks to auto-notify if a command runs longer than a set time</li> <li>Cross-platform install via pip: Linux, macOS, Windows</li> </ul> <h2> Quick Install </h2> <p>Install Telert via pip:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>pip install telert </code></pre> </div> <p>Set up your channels easily:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>telert config audio telert config telegram --token "&lt;token&gt;" --chat-id "&lt;chat-id&gt;" --set-default </code></pre> </div> <p>Track your long running commands<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>sleep 5 | telert </code></pre> </div> <p>You'll get an alert when the command completes!</p> <h2> Example Use Cases </h2> <ul> <li>Monitor long-running ETL jobs and get notified when they complete</li> <li>Receive Telegram or Slack alerts after server updates, backups, or cronjobs finish</li> <li>Track the completion of machine learning model training or batch predictions</li> <li>Get desktop notifications after code compilation, testing, or Docker builds during development</li> <li>Get notified if any command takes longer than a set time </li> </ul> <h2> GitHub Repository </h2> <p>You can check out Telert here:<br> <a href="https://github.com/navig-me/telert" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/navig-me/telert</a></p> <p>Would love feedback, ideas, or suggestions on how to improve it!<br> If you find it useful, a GitHub star ⭐ would be appreciated.</p> cli devops python productivity