🔔 NotifyLite

Open Source Windows Notification Replacement

Replace boring default Windows notifications with beautiful customizable toast alerts, notification history, and app-level controls.

🚀 Install • 📚 Documentation • 👀 Demo • 🤝 Contribute

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🚀 Quick Start

Get your custom toast notifications for Windows running in under 2 minutes:

1. Download the latest NotifyLite.zip from Releases.
2. Extract the ZIP file.
3. Double-click Install.bat and click Run anyway if prompted.
4. Launch NotifyLite from your Start Menu.
5. First run only: Go to Settings > Privacy > Notifications and allow NotifyLite access.

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🎥 Demo

(Demo video link placeholder: Watch NotifyLite in Action)

📸 Screenshots

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❓ Why Use NotifyLite?

The default Windows notification center alternative is rigid and distracting. NotifyLite gives you back control. It silently intercepts your system alerts and redraws them exactly how you want. Whether you're a developer dealing with build alerts, a productivity enthusiast who needs focus, or just someone who loves customizing their desktop, NotifyLite is your ultimate Windows notification manager.

💼 Use Cases

• Productivity & Focus: Mute distracting apps and customize auto-dismiss times so alerts vanish exactly when you want them to.
• Developers: Assign different .wav sounds to your IDE vs. your Slack app. Know what's happening without taking your eyes off the code.
• Desktop Customizers: Perfectly match your desktop's aesthetic (Rainmeter, custom themes) down to the exact hex codes and corner radius.

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⚖️ NotifyLite vs Default Windows Notifications

Feature	NotifyLite	Default Windows
Visual Customization	Full (Colors, fonts, sizes, opacity)	None (Locked to OS theme)
Notification History	Yes (Floating badge & popup widget)	Action Center (Cluttered)
App Controls	Per-app muting	Basic OS toggles
Custom Sounds	Custom .wav per app	System defaults only
Positioning	All 4 corners, Custom X/Y, Stick-to-Icon	Locked to Bottom Right
Open Source	Yes (MIT)	Closed Source
Task Switcher	Hidden from Alt+Tab	Visible / Integrated

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✨ Features

• 🎨 Custom toast cards - dark/light themed, animated slide-in/out notifications
• 🫧 Floating Icon & History Widget - Optional draggable badge showing unread notifications, clicking it reveals a scrollable history!
• 👆 Click to open - click any toast to jump to the source app
• ✕ Quick dismiss - close button to dismiss without opening; notifications gracefully shrink into the floating widget
• 🔊 Notification sounds - system default or custom .wav per app
• 📋 Action Center - notifications still persist in Windows notification tray (Win+N)
• ⚙️ Fully customizable - Settings UI accessible from tray icon, featuring a modern custom transparent UI
• 🖥️ Tray-only app - runs silently in system tray, completely hidden from Alt+Tab/Win+Tab task switcher

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🎛️ Customization

All settings accessible via right-click tray icon → ⚙️ Settings:

Category	Options
Floating Icon	Toggle the draggable floating badge (shows unread count & history)
Appearance	Theme (Dark/Light), font family, title & body sizes
Colors	Title text, body text, card background, accent color - all via hex picker
Card	Width, corner radius, card opacity, text opacity
Behavior	Auto-dismiss duration, max visible toasts, position (all 4 corners, stick to icon, + custom X/Y coordinates)
Sound	Enable/disable, system default or custom .wav, per-app overrides (mute specific apps)

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📦 Installation (Detailed)

Manual Install (PowerShell as Admin)

cd Package
certutil -addstore TrustedPeople .\NotifyLite.cer
Add-AppxPackage .\NotifyLite.msix

🔨 Build from Source

Requirements

• .NET 8 SDK
• Windows SDK (for MakeAppx.exe and SignTool.exe)

Build & Install

cd NotifyLite
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File Scripts\build-msix.ps1

🗺️ Roadmap

We are constantly improving NotifyLite. Here's what's planned:

• Filtering Rules: Regex-based muting of specific notification text.
• Live Preview: See your custom toast changes instantly in the Settings window.
• Microsoft Store Listing: To remove the need for manual certificate trusting.
• Plugin System: Allow community scripts to trigger on specific notifications.

💬 FAQ

Can I customize Windows notifications? Yes! NotifyLite acts as a complete Windows notification replacement. It intercepts alerts and draws them using your own styling.

Does this support Windows 11? Yes, NotifyLite provides Windows 11 notification customization and is fully backwards compatible with Windows 10 (64-bit).

How do I completely uninstall it? Run the included Uninstall.ps1 script to remove the package and restore the default ToastEnabled registry key.

(For more FAQs, visit our Documentation)

📄 License

MIT License - free to use, modify, and distribute.