# julienXX/terminal-notifier

Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line.

Repository: https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/terminal-notifier
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: objective-c, ruby, osx, notifications, command-line
Last push: 2026-08-24T12:20:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5162, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7296, forks 358 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:58.099110+00:00)

## What it is
terminal-notifier is a command-line tool for sending macOS User Notifications from the terminal. It ships as an app bundle and supports options like titles, sounds, notification groups, and interactive actions.

## Use cases
- send macos notifications from the command line
- notify me when a build finishes
- show desktop alerts from shell scripts
- remove or list delivered notifications from terminal
- pipe command output into a macos notification

## When to choose
- you need native macOS notification center alerts from scripts or CI
- you want a lightweight CLI with Homebrew installation
- you need interactive or grouped notifications from the terminal

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or Windows
- you need notarized/signed binaries without workarounds
- you need cross-platform notification support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: notifications, macos-user-notifications, objective-c, homebrew, app-bundle, command-line, automation, macos

## Member repositories
- julienXX/terminal-notifier (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.099110+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 2026-08-29T17:38:46.863371+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.099110+00:00, sha 7ee988cb9d50)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.