Hey everyone,

Today, I wanted to share another simple but handy tool I put together: a command-line script that fetches and displays your unread Hive notifications in a clean, table-based layout. Sometimes you just want a quick, no-frills way to see what's new without opening a full web frontend, and this little script does just that.

#### The Simple Notification Viewer

The script is written and designed to be as straightforward as possible. It of course uses my `hive-nectar` library to connect to the blockchain and the `prettytable` library to format the output nicely.

Here’s what the output looks like from the basic version of the script:

![simple clean notifications](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/thecrazygm/Enyo4dsFqQrBHBWv8YSwCvRzY3n4SS72gkBwSs1FuGw55ZBVP7LTw5msgACtvd7SX7P.png)

As you can see, it's nothing fancy, but it's a clear and concise way to get a summary of your latest mentions, replies, and other notifications.

#### How to Use It

I've added the script to my `hivetools` repository on GitHub, so it's easy for anyone to grab.

- **GitHub Repo:** [https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/hivetools](https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/hivetools)

To use it, you'll need to set your `POSTING_WIF` as an environment variable (it derives the `account_name`) or edit the script to change the hard-coded `account_name` to your own Hive username. It's designed to be a simple starting point.

#### A Peek at What's Possible

Now, the version I've shared in the repo is intentionally basic. It's meant to be a foundation that others can easily understand and build upon.

To show you how cool you could make it with just a few extra features, here’s a peek at my own personal, more "spiffy" version of this tool:


![Spiffy Coloured Output!](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/thecrazygm/23swcKAAdBPUSiWU838U1rmEdgvSoSNpEcsRsz6Puap65xkMdchy6buikqBBE7wTtgKkP.png)


As you can see, I've added features like command-line arguments to specify the account and a limit, and even the ability to mark notifications as read directly from the terminal. The output is also a bit more polished using the Python `rich` library.

I'm sharing the simple version to give everyone a solid base to start from. Feel free to take it, modify it, and build your own "spiffy" version that fits your exact needs!

As always,
Michael Garcia a.k.a. TheCrazyGM