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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: NetNeighbor |
| 3 | +description: Discover and monitor devices on your local network — a free Linux desktop application. |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +import { Card, CardGrid, LinkButton, Badge } from '@astrojs/starlight/components'; |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +**Discover and monitor devices on your local network.** |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +NetNeighbor is a free Linux desktop application that automatically finds all devices |
| 11 | +on your network and displays them with icons or in a list — printers, NAS drives, |
| 12 | +cameras, routers, 3D printers, and more. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +--- |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## Features |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +<CardGrid> |
| 21 | + <Card title="Instant display" icon="rocket"> |
| 22 | + Previously-seen devices appear immediately at startup from the local cache — no |
| 23 | + waiting for discovery to complete. |
| 24 | + </Card> |
| 25 | + <Card title="Automatic discovery" icon="magnifier"> |
| 26 | + Finds devices without any configuration or active port scan (SSDP, mDNS, |
| 27 | + WS-Discovery, NetBIOS). |
| 28 | + </Card> |
| 29 | + <Card title="One-click connection" icon="external"> |
| 30 | + Opens HTTP, HTTPS, SMB, SSH, FTP, SFTP and Telnet with a double-click. |
| 31 | + Configurable per device and per scheme. |
| 32 | + </Card> |
| 33 | + <Card title="Device management" icon="setting"> |
| 34 | + Rename devices, tag by location, assign a custom icon or type. Settings are |
| 35 | + stored locally and survive reboots. |
| 36 | + </Card> |
| 37 | + <Card title="System tray" icon="laptop"> |
| 38 | + Runs quietly in the background. Optional autostart at login and minimize to tray. |
| 39 | + </Card> |
| 40 | + <Card title="Localised" icon="translate"> |
| 41 | + French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional |
| 42 | + Chinese. |
| 43 | + </Card> |
| 44 | +</CardGrid> |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +--- |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Screenshots |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +### Device list with sidebar |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +The sidebar groups devices by type or location. Switch between icon grid and list view |
| 55 | +from the View menu. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### Right-click menu |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +Right-click any device to open it, view its details, rename it, change its type, |
| 62 | +assign a location, or run a custom command. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +### System tray |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +NetNeighbor can minimise to the system tray and start silently at login. |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +--- |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +## Download |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +<Badge text="Latest release: 1.0.0" variant="success" /> |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +<CardGrid> |
| 77 | + <Card title=".deb package" icon="linux"> |
| 78 | + **Recommended** for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Debian. |
| 79 | + Dependencies installed automatically. |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | + ```bash |
| 82 | + sudo dpkg -i netneighbor_1.0.0_amd64.deb |
| 83 | + ``` |
| 84 | + </Card> |
| 85 | + <Card title="AppImage" icon="puzzle"> |
| 86 | + Runs on any Linux distribution. |
| 87 | + Requires Python 3 and GTK 3 on the system. |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | + ```bash |
| 90 | + chmod +x NetNeighbor-1.0.0-x86_64.AppImage |
| 91 | + ./NetNeighbor-1.0.0-x86_64.AppImage |
| 92 | + ``` |
| 93 | + </Card> |
| 94 | +</CardGrid> |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +<LinkButton href="https://github.com/luc-github/NetNeighbor/releases/latest" icon="github" variant="primary"> |
| 97 | + Download from GitHub Releases |
| 98 | +</LinkButton> |
| 99 | +<LinkButton href="https://github.com/luc-github/NetNeighbor/releases" icon="list-format" variant="minimal"> |
| 100 | + All releases and checksums |
| 101 | +</LinkButton> |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +--- |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +## Requirements |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +- Linux desktop (Ubuntu 22.04+, Linux Mint 21+, Debian 12+, or equivalent) |
| 108 | +- Python 3.10 or later · GTK 3 |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +For **NetBIOS name resolution** (Windows device names): |
| 111 | +```bash |
| 112 | +sudo apt install samba-common-bin |
| 113 | +``` |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +For the **system tray icon**: |
| 116 | +```bash |
| 117 | +sudo apt install gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 |
| 118 | +``` |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +Both are included automatically when installing the `.deb` package. |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +--- |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +## Documentation |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +<CardGrid> |
| 127 | + <Card title="User documentation" icon="open-book"> |
| 128 | + Detailed guide covering all features, dialogs, preferences, and troubleshooting. |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | + [Read USER_DOCUMENTATION →](https://github.com/luc-github/NetNeighbor/blob/main/USER_DOCUMENTATION.md) |
| 131 | + </Card> |
| 132 | + <Card title="Source code" icon="github"> |
| 133 | + MIT-licensed, contributions welcome. |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | + [github.com/luc-github/NetNeighbor →](https://github.com/luc-github/NetNeighbor) |
| 136 | + </Card> |
| 137 | +</CardGrid> |
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