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+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule
+import requests
+import json
+from i3pystatus.core import ConfigError
+from i3pystatus.core.util import user_open, internet, require
+
+
+class Github(IntervalModule):
+    """
+    Formatters:
+
+    * `{unread}`        - contains the value of unread_marker when there are pending notifications
+    * `{unread_count}`  - number of unread notifications, empty if 0
+    """
+
+    unread_marker = u"●"
+    unread = ''
+    color = '#78EAF2'
+    username = ''
+    password = ''
+    format = '{unread}'
+    interval = 600
+
+    on_leftclick = 'open_github'
+
+    settings = (
+        ('format', 'format string'),
+        ('unread_marker', 'sets the string that the "unread" formatter shows when there are pending notifications'),
+        ("username", ""),
+        ("password", ""),
+        ("color", "")
+    )
+
+    def open_github(self):
+        user_open('https://github.com/' + self.username)
+
+    @require(internet)
+    def run(self):
+        format_values = dict(unread_count='', unread='')
+
+        response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/notifications', auth=(self.username, self.password))
+        data = json.loads(response.text)
+
+        # Bad credentials
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            raise ConfigError(data['message'])
+
+        unread = len(data)
+        if unread > 0:
+            format_values['unread_count'] = unread
+            format_values['unread'] = self.unread_marker
+
+        self.output = {
+            'full_text': self.format.format(**format_values),
+            'color': self.color
+        }