I've been curating a list of open-source and community projects that expand the alerting surface of Israel's Home Front Command (Pikud HaOref) Red Alert system. The list now covers 60+ projects across 15+ categories. Here's the full directory.
Important caveat: never rely on community projects as your primary alerting mechanism. The official and only reliable alerts are those from the Home Front Command.
Official Resources
Home Front Command Website — Official alert guidelines, shelter info, safety instructions
Alerts History — Official alert history (geo-restricted to Israel)
Pikud HaOref Telegram — Official Telegram channel broadcasting all alerts in real time
Third-Party Alerting Services
Tzofar (צופר) — Popular alert app with Android, iOS, Chrome extension, WhatsApp channel, and web dashboard
Oref Map — Live geographic alert map with real-time visualization
RocketAlert.live — Live rocket alert tracker with map and history
Geo-Dashboards
Oref Map — Real-time interactive alert map with shelter locations
Israel Geomap APK — Android app for real-time alert visualization with Leaflet maps and color-coded polygons
Red Alert Geodash — Geographic dashboard for visualizing red alert patterns
Pikud HaOref Map, Oref, Red Alert Map, Hatraot, Tilon — Additional alert map dashboards
API / Alert Feed Wrappers
There is no official public API for Home Front Command alerts. All projects here are unofficial wrappers built around internal data streams.
Pikud HaOref API GraphQL — GraphQL wrapper with typed queries
Pikud HaOref API — Node.js wrapper with real-time polling and city mapping
Python Red Alert — Python wrapper for alert data
Oref Alert Proxy — Local relay proxy for alert data
Pikud HaOref API Go — Go SDK for querying alert data
Home Automation
Oref Alert (Home Assistant) — HACS integration with alert sensors and automations
RedAlert (Home Assistant) — HA integration exposing Red Alert data as sensors
HA Red Alert Automations — Ready-made automation YAML configs
Homebridge Pikud HaOref — Homebridge plugin exposing alerts as HomeKit accessories
Red Alert Actuator — Physical outputs: TTS via Snapcast whole-house audio + smart light control via MQTT
Oref Lights — Flashes Philips Hue lights red on incoming alerts
Roborock Missile Alert — Sends Roborock vacuum to dock on missile alert
Notifiers
Red Alerts Notifier — Self-hosted notifier delivering alerts via WhatsApp and Telegram
Red Alert OSINT Notifier — Pushover notification + OSINT module: Telegram monitoring, Groq intel reports, dual-model sitreps, RSS news context
macOS Notifier — Native macOS notification center alerts
Windows Red Alert — Windows desktop toast notifications
MQTT Desktop Notifier, Pikud HaOref MQTT — MQTT-based alert bridges
Pikud, Miklat Alert — Raspberry Pi notifiers with LED and sound output
Alert Call — Triggers automated phone calls on incoming alerts
Bots & Integrations
CC Red Alerts Statusline, Red Alert Statusline — Claude Code statusline plugins showing active alerts
Pikud HaOref Slack, Oref Alerts Bot — Slack alert bots
Pikud HaOref Discord — Discord alert bot
Multi City Alert Monitor — Telegram multi-city monitor
Pikud HaOref WhatsApp Bot — WhatsApp alert forwarding
MCP Servers & AI
Pikud HaOref Alerts MCP — Live alert data for Claude and other AI assistants
Miklat MCP — Shelter location data for AI agents
RedAlert MCP Server — Real-time alerts, statistics, shelter search, city data
OpenClaw Skill Red Alert — Agent skill delivering alerts via WhatsApp and TTS without Home Assistant
Hardware, Analysis & More
ESP32-C3 Red Alert — ESP32 microcontroller notifier with LED/buzzer
MMM Red Alert, MMM Pikud HaOref — MagicMirror modules
HaOref Alert Analysis — Statistical analysis and visualization of historical data
War Alerts — Terminal-based CLI alert monitor
Red Alert Monitoring Stack — Complete microservices stack: alert proxy, geo-dashboard, Pushover, Telegram intel bot, Snapcast TTS + MQTT lights
Civilian Readiness
Israel Civilian Readiness Guide — Comprehensive field guide and checklists for wartime preparedness
Israel Preparedness SOPs — Standard operating procedures for Red Alert readiness
Pikud HaOref Guidelines — HFC safety guidelines formatted for AI context ingestion
Magen — Curated resource list for civilian protection tools and services
The full list with GitHub badges and live metadata: Awesome Red Alerts on GitHub
GitHub Repository danielrosehill/Awesome-Red-Alerts View on GitHub