🦀 wthrr-the-weathercrab
When spending a lot of time in the CLI it can be handy to have a little companion in there who knows about the weather.
That's where wthrr comes in. She lives in your terminal and her passion is the weather.
Even when you don't spend a lot of time in the terminal. She has a sunny personality, so you can visit her once in a while. Little tip: ask her about the weather.
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How to use?
Just call
wthrr
When you don't specify an address. Wthrr will use the address that you have configured as default. If you don't have a configuration yet, wthrr can try to search for a weather station close to you and save the last searched location as your default.
You can always specify any address with your call. E.g.,
wthrr melbourne
Depending on the location you search for, you need to be more specific.
For example, the call above will get you Melbourne in Australia. If you aim for Melbourne in the US, you could ask for melbourne,florida.
To ask about a city containing spaces, write it separated with a dash or wrapped in quotes (e.g., new-york or 'new york').
If you have a default address configured, but you want wthrr to explicitly search for a nearby weather station, you can do so by calling:
wthrr auto
The help information gives you an overview of further usage parameters
> wthrr -h
USAGE:
wthrr [ADDRESS] [OPTIONS]
ARGS:
<ADDRESS> Address to check the weather for
OPTIONS:
-f, --forecast Include the forecast for one week
-h, --help Print help information
-r, --reset-config Wipe wthrr's configuration data
-s, --save-config Save the supplied values as default
-u, --unit <UNIT> Unit of measurement ['c' (°Celsius) | 'f' (°Fahrenheit)] [default: c]
-V, --version Print version information
First run example asking for the forecast of the week
Requirements
This app uses font icons and emojis. Therefore, a nerd variant of your font is required to correctly display the output. https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts
If you are using brew, this gist contains easy digestible copy-pasta for nerd-font installation. https://gist.github.com/davidteren/898f2dcccd42d9f8680ec69a3a5d350e
Some terminal emulators might require you to additionally add/prioritize emojis in their font config.
Installation
Without the rust toolchain installed, grabbing a binary from the release page might be your way to go.
Otherwise, rusts package manager is a simple way to install the binary crate.
cargo install wthrr
Build from source
Another way is to compile the app yourself. Assuming the rust toolchain is installed on your system. Just clone the repo and build the release version.
git clone https://github.com/tobealive/wthrr-the-weathercrab.git
cd wthrr-the-weathercrab
cargo build --release
And you'll find the wthrr binary inside the ./target/release directory
Outlook
- Language support
- Allow to show more / customized meteorological data
- Custom number of forecast days
- Theme variants
Your contributions like 🐛bug reports, ⭐️stars and 💡suggestions are welcome alike.
Credits
- The app uses the open-source weather API for non-commercial use provided by Open Meteo