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sciactive/pnotify

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3,642HTMLAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

TLDR

A modular JavaScript/TypeScript library for showing toast, banner, modal, and desktop notifications in web apps, with add-ons for confirmations and countdowns.

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  root((PNotify))
    What it does
      Toast and banner notices
      Modal dialogs
      Desktop notifications
    Tech stack
      JavaScript
      TypeScript
      Web Notifications API
    Modules
      Confirm module
      Countdown module
      Animate module
      Mobile module
    Framework support
      React
      Angular
      Svelte
      Plain JavaScript
    Themes
      Bright theme
      Material Design
      Bootstrap

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Show toast or banner notifications for events, errors, or confirmations in a web app.

USE CASE 2

Add yes/no confirmation prompts or auto-closing countdown notices.

USE CASE 3

Trigger desktop-level notifications outside the browser window using the Web Notifications API.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactAngularSvelte

How does it compare?

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Stars3,6423,6373,634
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity2/51/51/5
Audiencedevelopergeneralgeneral

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Only install the add-on modules you actually need to keep bundle size down.

In plain English

PNotify is a JavaScript and TypeScript library for showing notification messages in web applications. It handles the visual layer of notifying users about events, errors, confirmations, or general information without requiring you to build the pop-up logic from scratch. The library supports several visual styles for notifications. You can show them as toast messages (small banners that appear briefly at the edge of the screen), snackbar-style notices, full-width banners, modal dialog boxes, or desktop-level notifications that appear outside the browser window entirely, using the standard Web Notifications API that modern browsers support. If the browser does not support desktop notifications, PNotify falls back gracefully to an in-browser display. A notable feature is a notification flow the library calls "modalish." This approach handles the common problem of many notifications piling up on screen at once, providing a structured way to stack or queue them that keeps the interface usable rather than cluttered. PNotify is modular. The core package handles the basics, and optional add-on packages provide extra capabilities: a confirm module for yes/no prompts, a countdown module that shows a timer before a notice auto-closes, an animate module for transition effects, a paginate module for grouping large numbers of notifications, a mobile module for touch-friendly interactions, and a desktop module for browser-level notifications. You install only the pieces you need. It works with all major JavaScript frameworks, including React, Angular, AngularJS, and Svelte, as well as plain JavaScript without any framework. Styling options include a built-in bright theme, a Material Design theme, Bootstrap 3 and 4 themes, and support for Font Awesome icons. The full README is longer than what was shown.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to add a basic toast notification with PNotify in a plain JavaScript page.
Prompt 2
Set up PNotify's confirm module for a yes/no confirmation dialog in my React app.
Prompt 3
Explain the difference between PNotify's toast, modal, and desktop notification styles.
Prompt 4
Style PNotify notifications using the Material Design theme.

Frequently asked questions

What is pnotify?

A modular JavaScript/TypeScript library for showing toast, banner, modal, and desktop notifications in web apps, with add-ons for confirmations and countdowns.

What language is pnotify written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes JavaScript, TypeScript, React.

How hard is pnotify to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is pnotify for?

Mainly developer.

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