🛰️ IP Python Tray App

A lightweight, Python-based system tray application that monitors your public IP address. It runs silently, logs any changes, notifies the user, and includes a GUI for configuration and history browsing.

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🚀 Features

• 🕵️‍♂️ Monitors the public IP address and compares it to a target IP.
• 🔔 Toast notifications when the IP changes.
• 🧾 Logs all checks in a sortable, searchable GUI table.
• 🛠 Manual recheck, export logs to CSV, purge logs by age.
• 🖼 Always-on floating IP status window with color-coded state.
• 🔄 Auto-update check from GitHub.
• 🎯 Customizable settings (interval, opacity, notifications, logging, etc.).
• 💾 Saves logs only if enabled and persists settings between reboots.
• ✅ Runs silently from the system tray on login.

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🔧 Installation

🆕 One-Line Install (Modern Systems)

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "irm 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoblinRules/ippy-tray-app/main/install.ps1' | iex"

🖥️ Fix for Older Windows Systems (pre-TLS 1.2)

Run this first to enable TLS 1.2 and strong crypto:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319' -Name 'SchUseStrongCrypto' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319' -Name 'SchUseStrongCrypto' -Value 1 -Type DWord

Then run:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "irm 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoblinRules/ippy-tray-app/main/install.ps1' | iex"

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📂 App Structure

C:\Tools\TrayApp
├── main.py
├── launcher.vbs
├── logs\
│   ├── ipchanges.log
│   └── errors.log
├── assets\
│   ├── tray_app_icon.ico
│   ├── tray_app_icon_g.ico
│   ├── tray_app_icon_r.ico
│   ├── requirements.txt
│   ├── version.txt
│   └── config.ini ## This is Created Automatically And Is Not Pulled ##

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📊 Configuration (config.ini)

Example:

[Settings]
target_ip = 1.2.3.4
check_interval = 30
notify_on_change = yes
enable_logging = yes
always_on_screen = no
window_alpha = 0.9
window_x = 10
window_y = 900

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🔁 Usage

• Launches at system startup.
• Right-click tray icon for options:
  • Settings
  • Recheck IP
  • Show/Hide Floating Window
  • Exit
• Manual execution via:

  python.exe C:\Tools\TrayApp\main.py
  

  or

  C:\Tools\TrayApp\assets\launcher.vbs
  

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🧼 Uninstall

Remove-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\TrayApp.lnk"
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "C:\Tools\TrayApp"

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🖼 Screenshots

Tray Menu & Notifications

Settings Tabs

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👤 Maintainer

GoblinRules
🔗 GitHub Profile

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📦 License

MIT License – do whatever you want, but don’t blame me if it breaks 😊