Notifier

A simple Python library that simplifies the sending of desktop notifications!

What is that?

Notifier (pynotifier) is a Python library that allows you to easily send desktop notifications.
This project originally came from https://github.com/ms7m/notify-py (huge thanks), but we decided to fork this project, actively maintain it and add more features.

Supported Platforms

• Windows 10/11
• Windows 8.1 (Balloon tips)
• macOS 10 >=10.10
• Linux (libnotify)

Windows 7	Windows 8.1	Windows 10	Windows 11	Linux	macOS 10 >=10.10
❓	✅ (Balloon tips)	✅ (Toast notification)	✅ (Toast notification)	✅ (requires libnotify)	✅ (No custom icon)

Installation

You can install notifier with pip

pip install notifier.py

Usage

Send Simple Notification

from notifier import Notifier

notifier = Notifier()
notifier.title = "Some title"
notifier.message = "Some message"

notifier.send()

Send Notification With Icon

from notifier import Notifier

notifier = Notifier()
notifier.title = "Some title"
notifier.message = "Some message"
notifier.icon = "path/to/icon.png" # .png is not supported under windows 8.1

notifier.send()

Send Notification With Sound

from notifier import Notifier

notifier = Notifier()
notifier.title = "Some title"
notifier.message = "Some message"
notifier.audio = "path/to/audio/file.wav" # we currently only support wav files

notifier.send()

Sending with Default Notification Titles/Messages/Icons

from notifier import Notifier

notifier = Notifier(
  default_notification_title="Function Message",
  default_application_name="Great Application",
  default_notification_icon="path/to/icon.png",
  default_notification_audio="path/to/sound.wav"
)

def your_function():
  # stuff happening here.
  notifier.message = "Function Result"
  notifier.send()

Disabling Windows Version Detection

from notifier import Notifier

notifier = Notifier(override_windows_version_detection=True)
notifier.title = "Some title"
notifier.message = "Some message"

notifier.send()

Changing Windows Override Version

from notifier import Notifier

notifier = Notifier(override_windows_version="8.1") # Available values: 10, 8.1
notifier.title = "Some title"
notifier.message = "Some message"

notifier.send()

Inspiration and Special Thanks

• Thanks to ms7m for creating https://github.com/ms7m/notify-py
• Also thanks to jithurjacob for creating https://github.com/jithurjacob/Windows-10-Toast-Notifications (a modified version has been added to this repository to fix bugs)

Side notes

• macOS does not support custom icons on the fly.. You will need to bundle a customized version of the notifier embedded with your custom icon.