# emersion/mako

A lightweight Wayland notification daemon

Repository: https://github.com/emersion/mako
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mako
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wayland, swaywm, notifications, cli
Last push: 2026-06-30T17:52:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 44, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3055, "days_push": 64, "days_rel": 160, "gap_med": 375, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3231, forks 172 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:50.109159+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, cli, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: wayland, notification-daemon, freedesktop, sway, dbus, linux

## Member repositories
- emersion/mako (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.109159+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:24:38.693931+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/emersion/mako (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.109159+00:00, sha 795875e06ef7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.