mako Alternatives

mako is described as 'Lightweight notification daemon for Wayland compositors that support the layer-shell protocol' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to mako for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Alpine Linux, openSUSE and Gentoo apps. The best mako alternative is Sway Notification Center, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mako are fnott, twmn, Dunst and Wired Notify.

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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 mako.

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

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

  2. fnott

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

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Supports styling and progress hints
     

  4. 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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  5. Dunst

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    Lightweight and customizable notification daemon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  6. 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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  9. 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
     
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