🌱 herbe

Daemon-less notifications without D-Bus. Minimal and lightweight.

Usage

herbe "This is a notification"

will display a notification for the duration set in config.h that says This is a notification

TODO

herbe is still a WIP.

• Title support
• Refactor code, it is not very readable

Not really sure about these, are they minimal, will someone use them?

• Line breaks formatting
• Icon/image support
• Command-line options (change settings)

Installation

Dependencies

• X11 (Xlib)
• Xft
• freetype2

The names of packages are different depending on which distribution you use. For example, if you use Void Linux you will have to install these dependencies:

sudo xbps-install base-devel libX11-devel libXft-devel

Build

git clone https://github.com/dudik/herbe
cd herbe
sudo make install

make install requires root privileges because it copies the resulting binary to /usr/local/bin. This makes herbe accessible globally.

You can also use make clean to remove the binary from the build folder, sudo make uninstall to remove the binary from /usr/local/bin or just make to build the binary locally.

Configuration

herbe is configured at compile-time by editing config.h. Every option should be self-explanatory. There is no height option because height is determined by font size and text padding.

Contribute

If you want to report a bug or you have a feature request, feel free to open an issue.