Growl for Windows Alternatives

Growl for Windows is described as 'Windows-compatible version of Growl , a notification system for Mac OS X' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Growl for Windows for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Web-based and Mac apps. The best Growl for Windows alternative is Pushbullet, which is free. Other great apps like Growl for Windows are Snarl, LinkLoomTV, notify.uno and Notifu.

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  1. Pushbullet icon

    Pushbullet

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    Share links, files, photos, lists, and notes between phone and desktop, mirror notifications, manage messages, and sync clipboard with multiple platforms or friends using basic or advanced features, including real-time transfers and encryption.

    66 Pushbullet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Pushbullet is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Android Tablet alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • Pushbullet is the most popular free alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • Pushbullet is Freemium and ProprietaryGrowl for Windows is Free and Open Source
  2. Snarl icon

    Snarl

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    Snarl is a notification system for Windows. It provides a standard, simple way for application to notify you, the end user, of important events.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Snarl is the most popular Open Source alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • Snarl is Free and Open SourceGrowl for Windows is also Free and Open Source
  4. LinkLoomTV icon

    LinkLoomTV

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    Show Browsers, History, Save Web Pages Links, Share Links Between Android Mobile app and TV by Chromecast SDK and Jetpack Compose.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android TV
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  5. notify.uno icon

    notify.uno

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    Get notified when your commands are done.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • notify.uno is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • notify.uno is Free and Open SourceGrowl for Windows is also Free and Open Source

  6. Notifu

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    Notifu, a free open source pop-up balloon utility Notifu is a tool that displays a yellow pop-up balloon in the system notification area, better known as the tray. It is free and open source, give it a try! Notifu uses the same API that Windows uses to show pop-up balloons. You.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Notify OSD icon

    Notify OSD

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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
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    • Notify OSD is the most popular Linux alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • Notify OSD is Free and Open SourceGrowl for Windows is also Free and Open Source
  9. Specto icon

    Specto

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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
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    Notifo

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    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
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    • Notifo is the most popular Mac & iPhone alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • Notifo is Free and ProprietaryGrowl for Windows is Free and Open Source

  11. Zephyr Notification Service

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    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
     
  12. Toasty icon

    Toasty

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    Toasty lets you receive push notifications on your Windows Phone 7 device while you are on the go. Some of the key features are:

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows Phone
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    • Toasty is the most popular commercial alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • Toasty is Paid and ProprietaryGrowl for Windows is Free and Open Source
  13. Notica icon

    Notica

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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Send to myself icon

    Send to myself

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    Always sync your info on all your devices, just like your info flows around you.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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    • Send to myself is the most popular iPad alternative to Growl for Windows.

    • Send to myself is Freemium and ProprietaryGrowl for Windows is Free and Open Source
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