NotificationNanny Get the app

Your notifications.
Your rules.

The right notification, in the right place. Move, resize and colour
your Mac’s banners to make your workspace feel like yours.

Download for macOSSee it in action

Free & open source · macOS 14+ · No telemetry

A BETTER FIT FOR YOUR DAY

Little changes.
A much nicer workspace.

01 / A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

Any corner. Any display.

Nine anchor points, fine offsets and independent settings for every screen. Keep banners close, or out of your way.

02 / A LITTLE PERSONALITY

Less default. More you.

Adjust scale from 50% to 250%. Tint the background or text, choose an animation, or use a custom styled banner.

03 / YOUR APPS, YOUR PRIORITIES

Different apps. Different rules.

Give apps their own position, display, size and colour. Organise them into named groups that make sense to you.

On your schedule

Auto-dismiss after 1–300 seconds, or hold banners until your display wakes up.

Keep the conversation going

Custom banners keep the app’s actions, including replies right from the notification.

A Center that fits, too

Your own Notification Center with colours, sizing, app filters and optional real widgets.

Position it in Settings. See it on your desktop.

A FEW GOOD QUESTIONS

The small print,
kept small.

Something else on your mind?
Is it really free?

Yes. NotificationNanny is free and open source under the MIT License. There’s no subscription, paid tier or account to create.

Why does it need Accessibility permission?

NotificationNanny uses macOS Accessibility to observe and move notification windows, and to pass actions and replies back to the real notification. This happens locally on your Mac.

Does it need Screen Recording?

Only if you enable widgets in the custom Notification Center. The permission is used to display the real macOS widgets there.

Will it work with future macOS updates?

The app supports macOS 14 and later. It works with private macOS internals, so an OS update can affect its behaviour. If something breaks, report an issue on GitHub.

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

A better place
for your notifications.

Get set up, choose your corner,
and get back to what you were doing.

Download for macOSmacOS 14 or later · Free, always

Homebrew person?

THE TERMINAL ROUTE

Two commands and you’re on your way.

brew tap chessper53/notificationnanny https://github.com/chessper53/NotificationNanny
brew install --cask notificationnanny

Or keep it classic.

  1. 01

    Download the latest zip and open it.

  2. 02

    Move the app to Applications and launch it.

  3. 03

    Click the menu bar bell and allow Accessibility.

After an update, macOS may ask you to grant Accessibility permission again.