Python tray app wrapper for snx VPN process.

Open terminal, change your current working directory to the location where you want the cloned directory and then clone this repository to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/dmitreiro/snx-wrapper.git

1. For the first step, you will need to install and configure snx. You can check instructions here.

⚠️ Warning: before you proceed, check dependencies!

2. Copy snx_wrapper.py from src folder to ~/.local/share/applications

cp src/snx_wrapper.py ~/.local/bin/

3. Then, create a snx_wrapper.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications to generate a desktop app icon, replacing user by your Linux user

[Desktop Entry]
Name=SNX
Exec=/usr/bin/python3 /home/user/.local/bin/snx_wrapper.py
Icon=network-vpn
Type=Application
Categories=Settings;Network
Terminal=false

4. (optional) If you want it to start automatically during startup, create a link to ~/.config/autostart/, replacing user by your Linux user

ln -s /home/user/.local/share/applications/snx_wrapper.desktop /home/user/.config/autostart/snx_wrapper.desktop

To force desktop apps database to refresh, run

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/

You are now ready to rock! 😎

Just seach for snx and it will appear on the applications menu

Make sure you have Python 3.9+! Check you Python version by running python -V

From your repository home folder, install Python dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

When you run the app, it will stay running on background. To connect or disconnect snx, go to the app tray icon and select either Connect or Disconnect options.

For connection, there will be a prompt window asking for your password.

Note: Remember, for this to work, you must have snx process fully functional and configurations ready in ~/.snxrc file!

Contributions are welcome and greatly appreciated! Whether it’s fixing a bug, improving documentation, or adding new features — all help is valuable.

This project is licensed under the MIT License, which allows anyone to use, modify, and distribute this software for free, as long as the original copyright and license notice are included. See the LICENSE file for more details.