The cross-platform personal assistant that just works. Built with the wonderful Electron, as well as many useful libraries. Follow us on Twitter for updates.
For the Xcode (Swift) build of the same name, see Nimble-Swift.
Electron and gulp required to be installed on your machine (npm install -g electron-prebuilt gulp). You'll also need a Wolfram Alpha API Key.
Clone the repository, install dependencies, then run gulp.
git clone https://github.com/madebybright/Nimble.git
# cd into the directory and install dependencies
cd Nimble && npm installCreate src/js/key.json for your key.
{
"api": "KEY"
}Run electron in the project directory to get it up and running.
# Compiles Sass and starts (gulp && electron .)
npm start
If you'd like to package Nimble as an app, or build it as a DMG, you can use our gulp tasks.
gulp package # nimble -> .app
gulp build # .app -> .dmgIf you're bundling it, make sure to package it beforehand so that the .app exists for the disk image.
- Fix overflow problem
- Add Random Placeholder Query Suggestions
- Make it fade between placeholders every few seconds or so (no animation, impossible)
- Add search button
- Clean up request
- Improve file structure/skeleton
- Right click icon to exit
- Provide mini menu for Preferences and Exit
- Add math.js support
- Allow option for query to be processed with W|A if it's first processed with math.js
- Add error messages
- Style error messages (@gthn)
- Graphing?
- Indeterminate Loading indicator
- Add auto-updating (Electron provides a module built on Squirrel)
- Change initial position of where Nimble loads (the x and y values) [Centre Maybe?]
- Always offer a link to the Wolfram|Alpha page at the bottom
Some ideas we've been kicking around that we think might have a spot in future versions of Nimble once we've actually gotten it working.
- Quick timezone conversions (possibly with Moment.js)
- Possible natural language for simple queries
Want to make a contribution? Fork the repo, add your changes, and submit a pull request. Any type of contributions (ideas, bug fixes, fixing typos, etc.) will be appreciated!
- Stephen Wolfram, for creating the wonderfully frustrating Wolfram|Alpha®
- All of the wonderful open source software we use with Nimble, viewable in package.json
- Specifically, we'd like to thank the packages math.js, menubar, and wolfram-alpha for making the bulk of this project possible.
- Lastly, we'd like to thank everyone who's supported us from day one.
- Ethan would like to thank Lucas Steuber of LanguageCraft, as well as the rest of the Bright team, Trevor, Logan, Aaron, and /r/webdev on Reddit.
