I dedicated the last weekend to write yet another X11 utility: xnotify.
It is a notification launcher that reads notification from the stdin and displays it on your screen.
You can create a fifo in order to echo stuff into it.

For example:


Would create a notification with “Hello World” as its content.

Here's a demo gif that illustrates its usage.


To launch xnotify, add the following to your ~/.xinitrc:


You can use it together with tiramisu, an application that outputs notifications to the stdout.

I still have to improve the text and image placement on the notification window, so any idea is welcome.

So, what do you think?