otter-notifications

otter-notifications implements org.freedesktop.Notifications on D-Bus. Apps that use notify-send or the standard notification API keep working.

Usage

otter-notifications

Autostart at login: see Session setup. Control Do Not Disturb from a terminal, keybinding, or the dnd bar widget:

otter-notifications dnd-on
otter-notifications dnd-off
otter-notifications dnd-toggle
otter-notifications dnd-status

DND hides popup surfaces but keeps incoming notifications queued. Their expiry timers pause, then continue with the time they had left when you turn DND off. The same setting also hides otter-osd popups.

Sending notifications

# Basic
notify-send "Hello" "World"

# Critical (persistent by default)
notify-send -u critical "Alert" "Something important"

# Low urgency
notify-send -u low "FYI" "Not urgent"

# With icon
notify-send -i firefox "Browser" "Download complete"

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/otter-shell/notifications.conf Fallback: /etc/otter-shell/notifications.conf

Field	Default	Description
`position`	`top_right`	Screen position (top/bottom × left/center/right)
`max_visible`	`5`	Max on screen (overflow queued)
`width`	`360`	Notification width in pixels
`default_timeout`	`10000`	Normal urgency timeout (ms)
`low_timeout`	`4000`	Low urgency timeout (ms)
`critical_timeout`	`0`	Critical timeout (0 = persistent)
`gap`	`8`	Vertical gap between notifications
`icon_size`	`48`	Icon size in pixels

Colors inherit from theme.conf when not set.

Interaction

Left click: Dismiss and activate the source application
Right click: Dismiss without activating

Config and theme hot-reload through inotify.

Get Started

Desktop Shell

Core Apps

Productivity

Utilities

Gaming

Configuration

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Sending notifications

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