Notification badges
> Published on Fri, Apr 10, 2026> Updated on Fri, Apr 10, 2026
Description #
The notification badges widget displays the current macOS Dock badge count for each running app that has pending notifications.
It uses lsappinfo, so it only works on macOS and does not require any extra dependency.
Interactions #
Click any badge to open the corresponding application.
Available settings #
You can set the following notification badges widget settings in the simple-bar settings:
Refresh frequency: The refresh frequency in milliseconds. Default is 10000 (10 seconds).Show on display: The displays on which the widget will be displayed. Add a list of indexes (for example: "1,2"). Leave blank to display the widget on every spaces. Default is "".
This widget stays hidden when no running app currently exposes a notification badge.
This widget was added thanks to @floatas