Maco is currently in very early stages of development. The project aims to create a notification daemon for macOS inspired by Mako (the Wayland notification daemon).
- Basic GUI functionality implemented using tkinter
- Generates CSV of macOS notification database
- Displays notifications in GUI window
- Reads configuration from
~/.config/maco/config - Configurable settings from config file:
- Appearance:
- Border color and radius
- Background color
- Font family, size, and color
- Layout:
- Window dimensions (width, height)
- Margin and padding
- Behavior:
- Notification display duration in ms
- Anchor (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right, center-left, center-right, center)
- Appearance:
- Maps application names from bundle identifiers in
app_id_list.json - Supports blacklist from separate file
- Implements configuration compatible with Mako
Please note that this project is highly experimental and subject to significant changes.
- Improve multi-screen support
- Add interactive features (e.g., clicking on notifications for actions)
- Create man pages for documentation
- Develop a background daemon for continuous operation
- Implement live config updates via hotkeys
- Add real-time notification display
- Create a notification preview feature for styling
- Develop more extensive rules file for app name mapping
- Enhance configuration options:
- Set notification icon/photo
- Set notification opacity
- Set notification output display (which monitor)
- Implement notification grouping and stacking
- Add support for notification urgency levels
- Implement notification history and recall
- Add support for notification sounds
- Develop a CLI tool for sending test notifications
- Implement notification filtering and Do Not Disturb mode
- Add support for rich text and HTML content in notifications
- Implement notification actions (e.g., reply to messages, snooze reminders)
- Add support for notification replacement and updates
- Develop a plugin system for extending functionality?
- Package python application into binary
MIT License