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

Notify OSD is described as 'Canonicals on-screen-display notification agent, implementing the freedesktop.org Desktop Notifications Specification with semi-transparent click-through bubbles' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Notify OSD for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Notify OSD alternative is Snarl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Notify OSD are Growl for Windows, notify.uno, Notifo and Toasty.
Snarl is a notification system for Windows. It provides a standard, simple way for application to notify you, the end user, of important events.

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


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.




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



