pepefe

Packetpub in an online store dedicated to programming-related ebooks. It has a rich library and daily deals for all kinds of ebooks for aspiring programmers, from learning Python and using modern Java EE applications to mastering Java and assembly programming.

Although most ebooks are not free, Packetpub occasionally has giveaway offers. Unless you want to spend a lot of time browsing the website on a daily basis to look for free ebooks, you can turn to pepefe, a free, open-source and straightforward tool that automatically detects free ebooks and draws your attention toward this via desktop notifications.

Requiring no setup, pefefe can be saved in your collection of portable utilities and fired up whenever you want to get the latest free ebook offers from Packetpub. It can also be saved to a USB flash drive to effortlessly launch it on any PC, without installation.

When the program is active, it gets integrated into the systray icon, creating an icon which brings up the main window on double-click. It shows the newest free ebook, along with the remaining time until you can download it. The book's cover and description are displayed too.

If you want to hide this notification, you just have to click the tray icon again. There's an autohide option that can be enabled from the right-click menu of the systray icon, which hides the window when you're not selecting pepefe.

Developer tools can be activated too. Also, you can ask the software application to run automatically at Windows startup (this option is disabled by default). It gets reloaded every day at 7:45 am (according to your system's clock).

Taking into account its clear-cut interface, pepefe comes in handy to all programmers interested in free ebook deals from Packetpub.