Blitzortung Lightning Notifier

This project connects to the Blitzortung lightning detection network and sends notifications to your devices when lightning strikes are detected near your specified location.

Features

Connects to Blitzortung's live WebSocket feed.
Filters lightning strikes by your chosen location and radius.
Sends rich notifications to your devices via ntfy.sh.
Optionally displays details about the detectors involved in each strike.

Usage

Prerequisites

Rust (edition 2021 or newer)
ntfy.sh account or topic (no registration required)
Optionally, a detectors.json file for detector details

Build

cargo build --release

Run

cargo run --release -- \
    --center-lat <latitude> \
    --center-lon <longitude> \
    --ntfy <ntfy_topic> \
    [--delta <radius>] \
    [--detector-fetch]

Detectors

If you enable --detector-fetch, make sure you have a valid detectors.json file in the project directory. This file should contain metadata about Blitzortung detectors.

License

MIT

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