mako(1) General Commands Manual mako(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

mako - notification daemon for Wayland

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**mako** \[options...]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

mako is a graphical notification daemon for Wayland compositors which support the layer-shell protocol. Notifications received over D-Bus are displayed until dismissed with a click or via [**makoctl**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/mako/makoctl.1).

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-h, --help**

Show help message and quit.

**-c, --config**

Custom path to the config file.

Additionally, global configuration options can be specified. Passing **--key=value** is equivalent to a **key=value** line in the configuration file. See [**mako**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/mako/mako.5) for a list of options.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

Maintained by Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>, who is assisted by other open-source contributors. For more information about mako development, see https://github.com/emersion/mako.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**mako**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/mako/mako.5) [**makoctl**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/mako/makoctl.1)

2026-10-30

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Document: mako(1) from mako 1.11.0-r5 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/emersion/mako