mako
Lightweight Wayland notification daemon
TLDR
Start the notification daemon
$ mako
Start with a custom config file$ mako --config [path/to/config]
Set max visible notifications$ mako --max-visible=5
Set default timeout in milliseconds (0 disables)$ mako --default-timeout=2000
Group notifications by app name$ mako --group-by=app-name
Anchor notifications to a screen position$ mako --anchor=top-right
SYNOPSIS
mako [options]
DESCRIPTION
mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland compositors implementing the org.freedesktop.Notifications D-Bus specification. It is designed for use with sway and other wlroots-based compositors.Any option accepted in the configuration file can also be provided on the command line using --key=value. The running daemon is controlled at runtime using makoctl.
PARAMETERS
-c FILE, --config FILE
Use the specified configuration file instead of the default-h, --help
Display help and exit--key=value
Any config-file style option (for example --max-visible=5, --default-timeout=2000, --group-by=app-name, --sort=-time, --anchor=top-right). See mako(5) for the full list.
INSTALL
sudo apt install mako-notifier
sudo dnf install mako
sudo pacman -S mako
sudo apk add mako
sudo zypper install mako
brew install mako
nix profile install nixpkgs#mako
CAVEATS
Wayland only; requires a compositor that supports the wlr-layer-shell protocol. Configuration file location is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mako/config (usually ~/.config/mako/config). Control a running instance with makoctl. For the full list of configuration keys and criteria, see mako(5).
