mako - Man Page
notification daemon for Wayland
Examples (TL;DR)
- Start the
makonotification daemon:mako - Start with a custom configuration file:
mako [-c|--config] path/to/config - Set maximum number of visible notifications:
mako --max-visible 5 - Set default timeout in milliseconds (0 to disable):
mako --default-timeout 2000 - Group notifications by application name:
mako --group-by app_name - Display help:
mako [-h|--help]
Synopsis
mako [options...]
Description
mako is a graphical notification daemon for Wayland compositors which support the layer-shell protocol. Notifications received over D-Bus are displayed until dismissed with a click or via makoctl(1).
Options
- -h, ā--help
Show help message and quit.
- -c, ā--config
Custom path to the config file.
Additionally, global configuration options can be specified. Passing --key=value is equivalent to a key=value line in the configuration file. See mako(5) for a list of options.
Authors
Maintained by Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>, who is assisted by other open-source contributors. For more information about mako development, see https://github.com/emersion/mako.
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2025-07-24