dunst-project/dunst

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Dunst is a lightweight, highly customizable notification daemon for Unix-like systems that implements the freedesktop notification specification over DBus. It works on both X11 and Wayland, supports rules, scripting, pause levels, and notification history, and is designed for minimal window-manager-centric setups.

Use cases

• show desktop notifications on a minimal window manager setup
• replace the notification daemon of a full desktop environment with something lighter
• customize notification appearance with fonts, icons, colors, and timeouts
• run scripts when notifications match a pattern
• set up a do-not-disturb mode with selective pause levels
• replay missed notifications from history with a keyboard shortcut
• route notifications to a specific monitor in a multi-monitor setup

When to choose

• you use a tiling or minimal window manager without a built-in notification daemon
• you want fine-grained control over notification look, behavior, and priority
• you need X11 and Wayland support with minimal dependencies
• you want keyboard-driven notification management and history

When to avoid

• you are on Windows or macOS
• you want a full-featured desktop environment notification center with widgets and app integration
• you need a graphical configuration interface rather than ini config files

Facets

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gui developer-tools desktop-applications developer-tools operating-systems bsd cross-platform cli notification-daemon libnotify dbus wayland x11 window-manager do-not-disturb notification-history linux

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