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.IX Title "dunstify 1"
.TH dunstify 1 2026-08-10 "1.13.2 (2026-03-18)" "Dunstify Reference"
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.SH NAME
dunstify \- a program to send desktop notifications
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
dunstify [OPTION...] SUMMARY [BODY]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Dunstify is a notify\-send alternative that can be used to
send desktop notifications from the command line.
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-?, \-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "-?, --help"
Show help options.
.IP "\fB\-a, \-\-app\-name=NAME\fR" 4
.IX Item "-a, --app-name=NAME"
Set the app name of the notification.
Accepted legacy alias: \fB\-\-appname\fR.
.IP "\fB\-u, \-\-urgency=URG\fR" 4
.IX Item "-u, --urgency=URG"
Set the urgency level (low, normal, critical) of the notification.
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-hint=HINT\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h, --hint=HINT"
Specifies hints to pass. Valid types are BOOLEAN, INT, DOUBLE, STRING, BYTE and VARIANT.
Accepted legacy alias: \fB\-\-hints\fR.
.IP "\fB\-A, \-\-action=ACTION\fR" 4
.IX Item "-A, --action=ACTION"
Specifies the actions to display to the user.
.IP "\fB\-e, \-\-transient\fR" 4
.IX Item "-e, --transient"
Mark the notification as transient.
.IP "\fB\-t, \-\-expire\-time=TIMEOUT\fR" 4
.IX Item "-t, --expire-time=TIMEOUT"
The time in milliseconds until the notification expires.
Accepted legacy alias: \fB\-\-timeout\fR.
.IP "\fB\-i, \-\-icon=ICON\fR" 4
.IX Item "-i, --icon=ICON"
Specifies an icon to display with the notification.
.IP "\fB\-I, \-\-raw\-icon=PATH\fR" 4
.IX Item "-I, --raw-icon=PATH"
Path to the icon to be sent as raw image data.
Accepted legacy alias: \fB\-\-raw_icon\fR.
.IP "\fB\-c, \-\-category=TYPE\fR" 4
.IX Item "-c, --category=TYPE"
The category of this notification.
.IP "\fB\-p, \-\-print\-id\fR" 4
.IX Item "-p, --print-id"
Print id, which can be used to update/replace this notification.
Accepted legacy alias: \fB\-\-printid\fR.
.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-replace\-id=ID\fR" 4
.IX Item "-r, --replace-id=ID"
Set the id of this notification to The ID of the notification to replace.
Accepted legacy alias: \fB\-\-replace\fR.
.IP "\fB\-C, \-\-close=ID\fR" 4
.IX Item "-C, --close=ID"
Close the notification with the specified ID.
.IP "\fB\-w, \-\-wait\fR" 4
.IX Item "-w, --wait"
Block until notification is closed and print close reason.
Accepted legacy alias: \fB\-b, \-\-block\fR.
.IP \fB\-\-stack\-tag=TAG\fR 4
.IX Item "--stack-tag=TAG"
Set the dunst stack tag property of the notification to TAG.
A tagged notification will replace an earlier notification with the same tag.
.Sp
The following commands are equivalent:
.Sp
.Vb 1
\&    dunstify \-h string:x\-dunst\-stack\-tag:TAG "hello"
\&
\&    dunstify \-\-stack\-tag TAG "hello"
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.IP \fB\-\-capabilities\fR 4
.IX Item "--capabilities"
Print the server capabilities and exit.
.IP \fB\-\-serverinfo\fR 4
.IX Item "--serverinfo"
Print server information and exit.
.IP "\fB\-v, \-\-version\fR" 4
.IX Item "-v, --version"
Print dunstify version information.
Not present on Dunst versions prior to v1.13.
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 2011\-2014 Sascha Kruse
.PP
Copyright 2014\-2026 Dunst contributors
.PP
Dunst is released under the BSD 3\-Clause License, see LICENSE for more information.
.PP
If you feel that copyrights are violated, please send an email to the maintainers.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBnotify\-send\fR\|(1), \fBdunst\fR\|(5), \fBdunstctl\fR\|(1), \fBdunst\fR\|(1)