emersion/mako
A lightweight Wayland notification daemon observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 90
- Release rhythm 44
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 375
- age_days: 3055
- days_rel: 160
- days_push: 64
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
3231 stars · 172 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland that implements the FreeDesktop Notifications Specification. It renders desktop notifications on Wayland compositors like Sway and is controlled at runtime via the makoctl CLI.
Use cases
- show desktop notifications on Wayland
- notification daemon for Sway
- replace dunst on Wayland
- customize notification appearance on Linux
- manage notifications from the command line
When to choose
- you run a Wayland compositor such as Sway and need a lightweight notification daemon
- you want extensive configuration of notification styling and behavior
- you prefer a minimal C daemon with D-Bus activation
When to avoid
- you are on X11 rather than Wayland
- you need a full-featured notification center with history UI out of the box
Facets
application · maturity active
gui cli developer-tools desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools cli wayland notification-daemon freedesktop sway dbus linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/emersion/mako · fetched 2026-08-28 · 795875e06ef7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| emersion/mako | main | 76 |
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