Command-line tool

terminal-notifier

brew/terminal-notifier

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

Send macOS User Notifications from the command-line

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install terminal-notifier

Send a notification (only the message is required)

terminal-notifier -group tldr-info -title TLDR -message 'TLDR rocks'

Display piped data with a sound

echo 'Piped Message Data!' | terminal-notifier -sound default

Open a URL when the notification is clicked

terminal-notifier -message 'Check your Apple stock!' -open 'http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL'

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