From be212c088625aa14b8e6f73aebfa7cc676897988 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Zuber Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 20:54:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Give octobox a shoutout as an alternative --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5d1d43f..4653644 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ We're also able to categorize some types of notifications and put a badge on the - Built from an ejected [CRA](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app) app - Authenticates with the help of [Gatekeeper](https://github.com/prose/gatekeeper) +# Alternatives + +Meteorite aims to solve the problem where GitHub notifications don't provide enough context, nor have enough smart functionality to help you be as productive as possible. + +However, you might be looking for more general tools for managing your notifications. If that's the case, there is an excellent paid tool called [Octobox](https://github.com/octobox/octobox) which aims to treat your GitHub notifications more like an email inbox (with some additional features). + +I believe these two tools solve different (but related) problems, but at the end of the day you should use whichever tool makes you more productive. + # Contributing All contributions are welcome, even if its just submitting feedback, giving a suggestion, or reporting a bug. If you're looking to add a feature to Meteorite, make sure you open an issue first (if there's not one open already), and make it known that you're going to be working on it as to avoid multiple people trying to pick up the same issue.