A note on usabilty

[lordofscripts]

If you are a developer needing notifications for your application:

• If you only need simple notifications with urgency, and sound then go ahead, this library does it well although a wrapper makes it more friendly. But first check the DBUS server capabilities, Dunst for example doesn't support sound.
• If you need notifications with Actions, then look elsewhere, this won't do.
• If you need notifications with callback signals to know when the notification was closed, etc., then look elsewhere.

If the decision tree takes you to #1 then this is a very lightweight alternative. If on the other hand you fell on look elsewhere, then there is a great pure GO alternative that works and does all that and more, and the author still responds on his GitHub repository:

Go Notify FULL