Customizability

Customize fonts, icons, timeouts, and more. Are you unhappy with the default shortcuts and colors? No worries, you can change these all with a simple configuration file tweak. Hot reloading is supported if you want to change configuration on the fly.

Rules

Change the look or behavior of notifications matching specific patterns. You could use this to change the color of notifications from your favorite buddies, or to prevent important work notifications from disappearing until you manually dismiss them.

Environment agnostic

Both the X11 and Wayland window systems are natively supported. Dunst can be used in a wide variety of Unix-like environments (Linux distros, BSDs, etc.) thanks to its lightweight nature and minimal dependencies.

History

Catch an unread notification disappearing from the corner of your eye? Just tap a keyboard shortcut to replay the last notification, or continue tapping to see your notification history.

Pause levels

Multiple pause levels are supported, so you can specify the priority of notification and selectively pause them. You could use this fine-grained approach to make a Do Not Disturb mode tailored to your needs.

Keyboard-Driven

Keyboard shortcuts can be bound to commands like closing the oldest notification, closing all notifications, and showing history. The mouse can be used too - left-click to dismiss a notification, or right-click to dismiss them all.

Multi-monitor Support

Specify the monitor that notifications should display on, or have them appear on the monitor with keyboard or mouse focus.

Context Menu

Use a keyboard shortcut to open a context menu (via dmenu) for the currently displayed notifications. It allows you to open the notifications' URLs in the browser or to perform the associated actions.

Scriptable

Run custom scripts on notifications matching a specified pattern. Have espeak read out your notifications, or play a song when your significant other signs on in pidgin!