Growl Alternatives for Linux

Growl is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Zephyr Notification Service, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked nine alternatives to Growl and five of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Growl are Notify OSD, Specto, Notifo and Notica.

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  1. An institutional/enterprise-scale distributed real-time messaging and notification system. Zephyr allows users to send messages to other users or to groups of

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. Notify OSD icon
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    Canonicals on-screen-display notification agent, implementing the freedesktop.org Desktop Notifications Specification with semi-transparent click-through bubbles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Specto icon
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    Specto is a desktop application that will watch configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then trigger notifications. For example, Specto can watch a website for updates (or a syndication feed, or an image, etc)...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Notifo icon
     3 likes

    Notifo is a mobile notifications platform empowering developers to build their own services with a scalable and reliable notifications API. The Notifo API is a simple and affordable way to add notifications to any web app or project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  5. Notica icon
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    Notica lets you send browser notifications from your terminal to your desktop or phone. No installation or registration is required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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