Command-line tool

libnotify

brew/libnotify

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Library that sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install libnotify

Linux

brew install libnotify

Show a notification with the title "Test" and the content "This is a test"

notify-send "Test" "This is a test"

Show a notification with a custom icon

notify-send -i icon.png "Test" "This is a test"

Show a notification for 5 seconds

notify-send -t 5000 "Test" "This is a test"

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