makoctl

Control the mako notification daemon for Wayland

TLDR

List current notifications

$ makoctl list

Show notification history

$ makoctl history

Reload configuration

$ makoctl reload

Restore last expired notification

$ makoctl restore

Dismiss all notifications

$ makoctl dismiss -a

Dismiss a notification by ID

$ makoctl dismiss -n [id]

Toggle do-not-disturb mode

$ makoctl mode -t do-not-disturb

Use an external menu program to select a notification action

$ makoctl menu [dmenu] -p 'Select action'

SYNOPSIS

makoctl command [options]

DESCRIPTION

makoctl sends IPC commands to the running mako(1) notification daemon via D-Bus. It can list, dismiss, and manage notifications, as well as reload configuration and switch modes.

PARAMETERS

list

Retrieve a list of current notifications.

history

Retrieve a list of dismissed notifications.

reload

Reload the configuration file.

restore

Restore the most recently expired notification from the history buffer.

dismiss [-a|--all] [-g|--group] [-h|--no-history] [-n id]

Dismiss notifications. By default dismisses the first notification. Use -a to dismiss all, -g to dismiss the first notification group, -n to dismiss by id, and -h to dismiss without adding to history.

invoke [-n id] [action]

Invoke an action on a notification. If no action is specified, invokes the default action. Use -n to specify a notification by id.

menu [-n id] program [argument...]

Use an external program (e.g., dmenu, wofi) to select an action on a notification. Actions are passed to the program on newlines.

mode [-s mode...] [-a mode...] [-r mode...] [-t mode...]

Manage notification modes. Without options, lists current modes. Use -s to set modes, -a to add, -r to remove, -t to toggle.

-h, --help

Show help message and quit.