xfce4-notifyd - Xfce Notification service
Introduction
Xfce4-notifyd is a notification service for the Xfce Desktop that implements most of the “server-side” portion of the Freedesktop desktop notifications specification. Applications that wish to pop up a notification bubble in
a standard way can make use of the xfce4-notifyd service by sending standard messages over D-Bus using the org.freedesktop.Notifications interface. Read the specification here.
Apart from the notification server, a panel-plugin is included which shows recent notifications in a dropdown menu in the Xfce Panel.
- Preferences Dialog – Customize your notification settings
- Specification implementation – Which parts of which specifications are implemented and supported
- Theming Examples – How to create a notification theme
Settings
Several new features have been added in Xfce's Notification service, including a notifications log, the possibility to disable notifications per application, a global 'Do Not Disturb' mode, which inhibits all notifications, and finally a new animation ('slide out').
| xfce4-notifyd Notification Animation 'slide out' |
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Panel Plugin
A new panel plugin was added which provides quick access to both the 'Do Not Disturb' mode as well as the log of recent notifications.
| xfce4-notifyd Panel Plugin |
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Latest Release
- xfce4-notifyd 0.9.7 released (2025/02/17 00:46)
- Download current release (older versions of this component are also available here)
Source Code Repository
Reporting Bugs
- Reporting Bugs – List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports