Linux Notification Center Alternatives

Linux Notification Center is described as 'A notification daemon/center for linux' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to Linux Notification Center for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Sway, Alpine Linux and openSUSE apps. The best Linux Notification Center alternative is Sway Notification Center, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Linux Notification Center are Wired Notify, fnott, mako and Dunst.

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  1. Sway Notification Center

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    A simple notification daemon with a GTK gui for notifications and the control center

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Sway
    • openSUSE
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Alpine Linux
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    • Sway Notification Center is the most popular Linux alternative to Linux Notification Center.

    • Sway Notification Center is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Linux Notification Center.

    • Sway Notification Center is Free and Open SourceLinux Notification Center is also Free and Open Source

  2. Wired Notify

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    Wired is light and fully customizable notification daemon that provides you with powerful and extensible layout tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. fnott

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    Keyboard driven and lightweight Wayland notification daemon for wlroots-based compositors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Supports styling and progress hints
     

  5. mako

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    mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland compositors that support the layer-shell protocol.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Sway
     

  6. Dunst

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    Lightweight and customizable notification daemon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  7. statnot

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    Notification-daemon replacement for lightweight window managers like dwm and wmii. It receives and displays notifications from the widely used Desktop Notifications speficiation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Python
     

  9. twmn

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    A notification system for tiling window managers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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