Get emergency alerts from the FOSS Public Alert Server
An open source application written in Flutter to receive emergency alerts from the FOSS Public Alert Server
The list of supported countries can be found here: https://alerts.kde.org/sources/status
2024-10 until 2026-06
This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No. 101092990.
- see project board
When running the application on Linux, make sure you have the following installed:
xdg-user-dirs- A UnifiedPush provider, like KDE's KUnifiedPush
Install the DBus service (linux/de.nucleus.foss_warn.service) file to /usr/share/dbus-1/services/ to be able to retrieve background notifications.
Edit the Exec= line where necessary.
See https://github.com/nucleus-ffm/foss_warn/wiki/FAQ
FOSS Warn is developed by a very small team. So if you want to help make FOSS Warn even better, I'd love to hear from you. If you are familiar with Flutter and Dart and would like to fix or implement one or more issues, please get in touch with me, either by email or via Mastodon. Checkout the onboarding document to learn more about our work.
- Make sure you have installed the Flutter SDK and plugins for AndroidStudio.
- Clone the FOSSWarn repository
- Inside the project, run
flutter gen-l10nto build the translation strings. - You are now ready to run the application.
We are using Weblate to translate FOSS Warn. Feel free to help translate the application at weblate.
special thanks to:
- Mats who fixed #36 and other stuff. You can see his work here
- PureTryOut who helped to refactor the codebase, added Linux support and more. You can see this work here
- Everyone who helped translate the app
- E-Mail:
foss-warn {ät} posteo {point} de - Matrix space: https://matrix.to/#/#foss_warn:tchncs.de
- Mastodon: @foss_warn@social.tchncs.de
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- Nina-FOSS Similar to FOSS Warn, but written with Java
This app was created in the hope that it will be useful, but it comes WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. The developer cannot guarantee at any time that the app will function without errors and display all warnings at all times. Do NOT rely on this app at ANY TIME. Always pay attention to other sources of warnings and follow the instructions of local authorities.
Diese App wurde in der Hoffnung erstellt, dass sie nützlich ist, kommt aber OHNE JEGLICHE GEWÄHRLEISTUNG. Der Entwickler kann zu keinem Zeitpunkt garantieren, dass die App fehlerfrei funktioniert und alle Warnungen jederzeit anzeigt. Verlassen Sie sich zu KEINEM ZEITPUNKT auf diese App. Beachten Sie immer andere Warnungsquellen und folgen Sie den Hinweisen der örtlichen Behörden.