jira-tray

A lightweight Jira task monitor that lives in your KDE Plasma system tray. It polls one or more Jira instances for assigned tasks and displays them as a badge widget with a popup list.

Screenshots

All tasks	Filter by instance

Architecture

┌──────────────┐  REST API   ┌──────────────┐
│ Plasma Widget│ ◄──────────► │ Jira Server  │
│ (QML)        │              │ Jira Cloud   │
└──────────────┘              └──────────────┘

The widget talks directly to Jira — no backend process needed. Everything runs as a single .plasmoid file.

Requirements

• KDE Plasma 6

Install from KDE Store

1. Download com.github.aladex.jira-tray.plasmoid from the KDE Store or GitHub Releases
2. Install: kpackagetool6 -i com.github.aladex.jira-tray.plasmoid
3. Add the Jira Tasks widget to your panel or system tray
4. Right-click the widget and choose Configure... to add your Jira instances

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/Aladex/jira-tray.git
cd jira-tray
make install

Add the Jira Tasks widget to your panel or system tray, then right-click it and choose Configure... to add your Jira instances.

Configuration

The widget has a built-in settings page (right-click the widget > Configure) that supports multiple Jira instances. For each instance you can set:

• Name — display name for the instance
• Jira URL — base URL of your Jira instance
• Email (Cloud) — your Atlassian account email; leave empty for Server/DC
• API Token — personal access token
• JQL Filter — custom JQL query
• Poll Interval — how often to check for updates (30s, 2m, 10m, etc.)

Authentication

Auth type is auto-detected per instance:

Email field	Auth method	Use case
Filled	Basic (email:token)	Jira Cloud
Empty	Bearer (token)	Jira Server / Data Center

Uninstall

make uninstall

Or via kpackagetool:

kpackagetool6 -r com.github.aladex.jira-tray

License

MIT