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Tempest

A weather applet for COSMIC Desktop with automatic location detection.

Screenshots

Main	Air Quality	7-Day Forecast	Settings

Note: Hourly and Alerts tabs not shown above.

Roadmap

See planned features and progress on the Project Board

Features

• Real-time weather data from Open-Meteo API (no API key required)
• Current temperature and AQI displayed in panel
• Detailed popup with tabbed interface:
  • Current conditions (temperature, feels-like, humidity)
  • Wind information (speed, direction, gusts)
  • UV index, cloud cover, visibility, pressure
  • Sunrise and sunset times
  • Air Quality tab: AQI (US/EU standards), PM2.5, PM10, Ozone, NO2, CO levels
  • Alerts tab: Weather alerts from NWS (US), ECCC (Canada), MeteoAlarm (EU)
  • Hourly tab: Next 12 hours forecast with precipitation probability
  • 7-Day tab: Weekly forecast with high/low temperatures
  • Settings tab: All configuration options
• Automatic location detection via IP geolocation
• Manual location override with city search
• Remembers last selected tab between sessions
• Configurable temperature unit (Fahrenheit/Celsius)
• Configurable measurement system (Imperial/Metric) for wind and visibility
• Configurable refresh interval
• Desktop notifications for weather alerts
• Persistent configuration
• Global weather coverage

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/VintageTechie/cosmic-ext-applet-tempest
cd cosmic-ext-applet-tempest

Build and install the project:

just build-release
sudo just install

For alternative packaging methods:

• deb: run just build-deb and sudo just install-deb
• rpm: run just build-rpm and sudo just install-rpm

For vendoring, use just vendor and just vendor-build

Configuration

Click the applet to open the popup and navigate to the Settings tab where you can:

• Toggle between automatic and manual location detection
• Search for a city by name or enter coordinates manually
• Toggle temperature unit (Fahrenheit/Celsius)
• Toggle measurement system (Imperial/Metric)
• Set refresh interval (1-1440 minutes)
• Enable or disable weather alerts
• Toggle AQI display in panel

Settings are automatically saved and persist across sessions. The applet defaults to New York City coordinates (40.7128, -74.0060) if no location is detected.

Translations

Tempest uses Weblate for translations. Contributions are welcome!

To contribute translations:

1. Visit Tempest on Weblate
2. Select your language or start a new one
3. Translate strings through the web interface

No coding experience required - just knowledge of your language!

Development

A justfile is included with common recipes:

• just build-debug - Compile with debug profile
• just check - Run clippy linter
• just check-json - LSP-compatible linter output

License

GPL-3.0-only - See LICENSE