# hoodie/notify-rust

☝️send desktop notifications from your Rust app.

Repository: https://github.com/hoodie/notify-rust
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/notify-rust
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: desktop-notifications, xdg, convenience, linux, macos
Last push: 2026-07-06T20:53:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 89, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4123, "days_push": 58, "days_rel": 78, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1421, forks 99 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.718033+00:00)

## What it is
A Rust library for displaying desktop notifications on Linux/BSD (via XDG/dbus), macOS, and Windows. It provides a builder-style API for sending notifications with summaries, bodies, icons, timeouts, and hints.

## Use cases
- show a desktop notification from my rust app
- send toast notifications on windows from rust
- display notifications on linux following the xdg spec
- notify the user when a long-running task finishes
- show persistent notifications that stay until acknowledged
- send notifications with icons or images on linux and macos

## When to choose
- you are building a Rust desktop or CLI application that needs native OS notifications
- you need cross-platform notification support across Linux/BSD, macOS, and Windows
- you want a simple builder API without dealing with dbus directly

## When to avoid
- you need notifications in a non-Rust language
- you need rich interactive notifications with buttons and actions beyond basic hints
- you are building a web or mobile app where OS notifications are handled differently

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, rust
- tags: desktop-notifications, xdg, dbus, notification-center, toast-notifications, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hoodie/notify-rust (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.718033+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 2026-08-30T04:37:45.679056+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hoodie/notify-rust (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.718033+00:00, sha 76658d5690c2)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/notify-rust (fetched 2026-08-29T11:49:56.524260+00:00, sha 71872516b0f5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.