Growl Alternatives

Growl is described as 'Notification system for Mac OS X, it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications' and is a popular app in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to Growl for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Growl alternative is Snarl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Growl are Growl for Windows, notify.uno, Notify OSD and Specto.

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Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X, it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.

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Growl alternatives page was last updated Jun 17, 2021
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  1. 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.

    9 Snarl alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Snarl screenshot 1

    Snarl Features

    1.  Notifications

    Snarl VS Growl

     

    • Snarl is the most popular Windows alternative to Growl.

    • Snarl is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Growl.

    • Snarl is Free and Open SourceGrowl is Paid and Open Source
  2. Growl for Windows icon

    Growl for Windows

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    Growl for Windows is a Windows-compatible version of Growl , a notification system for Mac OS X.

    11 Growl for Windows alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.0.9.1, released in March 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website and GitHub

    Growl for Windows Features

    1.  Notifications

    Growl for Windows VS Growl

     
  4. notify.uno icon

    notify.uno

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    Get notified when your commands are done.

    9 notify.uno alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    notify.uno screenshot 1

    notify.uno Features

    1.  Notifications

    notify.uno VS Growl

     

    • notify.uno is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Growl.

    • notify.uno is Free and Open SourceGrowl is Paid and Open Source
  5. 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.

    6 Notify OSD alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Notify OSD screenshot 1

    Notify OSD Features

    1.  KDE
    2.  Notifications

    Notify OSD VS Growl

     

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

    • Notify OSD is Free and Open SourceGrowl is Paid and Open Source
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    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)...

    11 Specto alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Specto screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The program is not actively maintained anymore. Last version, 0.4.1, released in August 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Specto Features

    1.  Watch Folder
    2.  Logging
    3.  Notifications

    Specto VS Growl

     
  7. Notifo icon

    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.

    13 Notifo alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Discontinued

    Notifo Features

    1.  Notifications

    Notifo VS Growl

     

    • Notifo is the most popular Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Growl.

    • Notifo is Free and ProprietaryGrowl is Paid and Open Source

  9. 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

    3 Zephyr Notification Service alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Zephyr Notification Service VS Growl

     
  10. 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.

    6 Notica alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Notica screenshot 1

    Notica Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No installation
    4.  Browser-based
    5.  Notifications

    Notica VS Growl

     
  11. 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:

    6 Toasty alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows Phone
    Toasty screenshot 1
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    Toasty Features

    1.  Notifications

    Toasty VS Growl

     

    • Toasty is the most popular commercial alternative to Growl.

    • Toasty is Paid and ProprietaryGrowl is Paid and Open Source
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