Mako

NT-01 // NOTIFICATIONS

Mako is a lightweight Wayland notification daemon. It displays desktop notifications in the top-right corner with the active theme’s colors.

Desktop notification from mako

Multiple stacked notifications

Desktop notification from mako

Multiple stacked notifications

Configuration

Config lives at ~/.config/mako/config.

Key Settings

Setting	Value
Font	sans-serif 14
Position	Top-right
Size	420x150 max
Margin	20px
Padding	15px
Border	2px, 8px radius
Timeout	5 seconds
Layer	Overlay (above all windows)

Key Bindings

Shortcut	Action
Super + ,	Dismiss notification
Super + Shift + ,	Dismiss all
Super + Ctrl + ,	Toggle Do Not Disturb
Super + Alt + ,	Show last notification

Customization

Edit ~/.config/mako/config. Colors are managed by theme-set.

To change the notification timeout:

default-timeout=10000

To test notifications:

notify-send "Test" "This is a test notification"