GNOME shell extension NASA APOD

Let this simple GNOME shell extension change your wallpaper every day to the NASA's Astronomy Picture Of the Day. It will also show a notification containing the title and the explanation of the image.

Tested and developed on NixOS, GNOME 47 (please, always refer to metadata.json to check if the main branch actually works on your older GNOME shell).

Disclaimer: this extension is unofficial and not affiliated with NASA in any way. Also note that some images might be protected by copyright.

Install

You can install the latest release from extensions.gnome.org or download it from Github releases.

Testing

You can help with development by contributing code, testing and reporting issues.

To proceed you need to install dependencies. The method to install them depends depends on the distribution you are using. The dependencies are:

1. glib
2. intltool
3. npm

In case you are using nix, just run nix-shell to bring all required dependencies in your environment.

The commands below download and install the current development version:

git clone https://github.com/Elinvention/gnome-shell-extension-nasa-apod.git
cd gnome-shell-extension-nasa-apod
make enable

You can uninstall by running make uninstall.

Translations

You can contribute translations using a software like Poedit.

1. Download the latest template file (.pot) from releases.
2. Open the .pot file with Poedit.
3. Choose the language you want to translate to.
4. Translate each string.
5. Save the translation .po file in nasa_apod@elinvention.ovh/locale/.
6. You can either make a pull request or make an issue and attach the file or even send it to me by email (see my profile).

Screenshots

Stargazers over time