mactoast 0.0.2

Simple, customizable toast notifications for macOS

Mactoast 🍞

An elegant and super easy to use Python library for creating customizable toast notifications on macOS.

Features

• 🎨 Customizable: Colors, size, position, timing, and more
• 💊 Modern Design: Borderless, modern UI with no title bar or buttons
• ⚡ Non-Blocking: Run toasts asynchronously without blocking your script
• 🎭 Animated: Smooth fade-in and fade-out animations
• 🪶 Lightweight: Minimal dependencies, uses a bundled native macOS app

Toast Styles

Success	Error	Warning	Info

Installation

pip install mactoast

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/rafa-rrayes/mactoast.git
cd mactoast
pip install -e .

Quick Start

from mactoast import toast

# Simple toast
toast("Hello from macOS!")

Usage Examples

Basic Toast with Custom Colors

from mactoast import toast

# Blue toast using hex color
toast(
    "Operation completed!",
    bg="#0080FF",
    text_color="#FFFFFF"
)

# Green success toast using RGB tuple (0.0-1.0)
toast(
    "Success!",
    bg=(0.0, 0.8, 0.0),
    text_color=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
)

Positioning

You can use the ToastPosition enum for standard locations or a tuple for custom coordinates.

from mactoast import toast, ToastPosition

# Standard positions: TOP_RIGHT, TOP_LEFT, BOTTOM_RIGHT, BOTTOM_LEFT, CENTER
toast("Top Right", position=ToastPosition.TOP_RIGHT)

# Custom coordinates (x, y) from bottom-left of screen
toast("Custom Spot", position=(500, 500))

Window Levels

Control the z-index of your toast. Useful for showing notifications over full-screen apps or screensavers.

from mactoast import toast, WindowLevel

# Show above everything, including screensavers
toast("Wake Up!", window_level=WindowLevel.SCREENSAVER)

# Floating window (always on top of normal windows)
toast("Always on top", window_level=WindowLevel.FLOATING)

Non-Blocking Mode

By default, toast() blocks until the notification fades out. You can run it asynchronously:

from mactoast import toast
import time

# This returns immediately
process = toast("I won't stop you!", blocking=False)

print("Script continues running...")
time.sleep(2)

# You can wait for it later if needed
# process.wait()

Helper Functions

Mactoast includes presets for common notification types:

from mactoast import show_success, show_error, show_warning, show_info

show_success("File saved successfully")
show_error("Connection failed")
show_warning("Disk space low")
show_info("Update available")

API Reference

toast()

Display a customizable popup toast on macOS.

Parameters

• message (str): Text to display in the toast.
• width (float, optional): Width in points. Default: 280.
• height (float, optional): Height in points. Default: 80.
• bg (str | tuple, optional): Background color. Can be hex string (#RRGGBB or #RRGGBBAA) or RGB/RGBA tuple of floats (0.0-1.0).
• text_color (str | tuple, optional): Text color. Same format as bg.
• position (ToastPosition | str | tuple, optional):
  • Enum: ToastPosition.TOP_RIGHT, ToastPosition.CENTER, etc.
  • Tuple: (x, y) coordinates.
• font_size (float, optional): Font size in points. Default: 14.
• corner_radius (float, optional): Corner radius. Default: 16.
• display_duration (float, optional): Seconds to stay visible. Default: 2.5.
• fade_in_duration (float, optional): Seconds to fade in. Default: 0.2.
• fade_out_duration (float, optional): Seconds to fade out. Default: 0.2.
• window_level (WindowLevel | str, optional):
  • Enum: WindowLevel.NORMAL, WindowLevel.FLOATING, WindowLevel.SCREENSAVER, etc.
• blocking (bool, default=True): If True, waits for the toast to finish. If False, returns immediately.

Requirements

• macOS 10.15+
• Python 3.8+

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details