Beautiful Notifications in Linux with Dunst

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Dunst provides very lightweight notification system on Linux which allows lots of customization. Here’s my custom dunst configuration for beautiful notifications on Linux.

Dunst Notification Examples

Dunst Example


Dunst Installation and Configuration

Use your linux distribution’s package manager to install dunst:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install dunst

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S dunst

# Fedora
sudo dnf install dunst

After installation, add dunst to your startup applications and place the dunstrc config file in ~/.config/dunst/.

mkdir -p ~/.config/dunst
curl -o ~/.config/dunst/dunstrc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sudaiv/Beautiful-Dunst/main/dunstrc

Check out the full configuration and more examples at: https://github.com/sudaiv/Beautiful-Dunst

Enjoy! :)


Best Regards,
Amit