Download Growl for Mac

Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.

The Candybars Display
What are notifications?
Notifications are a way for your applications to provide you with new information, without you having to switch from the application you're already in.

To the right is an example of Growl's Candybars display. We have screenshots of all Growl's various displays, including our own version of Bezel.

Why use Growl?

*Control
Growl offers you complete control over which notifications are shown and how they are displayed. You will not receive any notifications that you do not want, because you can easily turn notifications (specific ones or all of them) off.

*Ease Of Use
When you start up a Growl-enabled application, it will "just work." Your apps can start displaying notifications right away.

*Consistency
Growl centralizes all your notification preferences into its preference pane - you can control them all from one place, and you know exactly how they are going to behave.

*Powerful
Growl is very flexible. Notifications can be emailed to you or spoken instead of displayed on the screen.