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+{ pkgs, config, ... }: {
+  home.packages = builtins.attrValues {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      libnotify; # required by dunst
+  };
+
+  services.dunst = {
+    enable = true;
+    iconTheme = {
+      name = "Adwaita";
+      package = pkgs.gnome.adwaita-icon-theme;
+      size = "16x16";
+    };
+    settings = {
+      global = {
+        # Allow a small subset of html markup:<b></b>, <i></i>, <s></s>, and <u></u>.
+        # For a complete reference see
+        # <http://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/PangoMarkupFormat.html>.
+        # If markup is not allowed, those tags will be stripped out of the message.
+        markup = "yes";
+
+        # The format of the message.  Possible variables are:
+        #   %a  appname
+        #   %s  summary
+        #   %b  body
+        #   %i  iconname (including its path)
+        #   %I  iconname (without its path)
+        #   %p  progress value if set ([  0%] to [100%]) or nothing
+        # Markup is allowed
+        #format = ''%I %s %p\n%b'';
+        format = ''<b>%s:</b>\n%b\n\n%a '';
+
+        #TODO dynamic fonts
+        font = "monospace";
+
+        # Options are "left", "center", and "right".
+        alignment = "left";
+
+        # Sort messages by urgency.
+        sort = "yes";
+
+        # Show how many messages are currently hidden (because of geometry).
+        indicate_hidden = "yes";
+
+        # Show age of message if message is older than show_age_threshold
+        # seconds.
+        # Set to -1 to disable.
+        show_age_threshold = 60;
+
+        # Split notifications into multiple lines if they don't fit into
+        # geometry.
+        word_wrap = "no";
+
+        # Ignore newlines '\n' in notifications.
+        ignore_newline = "no";
+
+        # The geometry of the window:
+        #   [{width}]x{height}[+/-{x}+/-{y}]
+        # The geometry of the message window.
+        # The height is measured in number of notifications everything else
+        # in pixels.  If the width is omitted but the height is given
+        # ("-geometry x2"), the message window expands over the whole screen
+        # (dmenu-like).  If width is 0, the window expands to the longest
+        # message displayed.  A positive x is measured from the left, a
+        # negative from the right side of the screen.  Y is measured from
+        # the top and down respectevly.
+        # The width can be negative.  In this case the actual width is the
+        # screen width minus the width defined in within the geometry option.
+        # geometry = "400x0-15+60";
+
+        # Shrink window if it's smaller than the width.  Will be ignored if
+        # width is 0.
+        shrink = "yes";
+
+        # Display notification on focused monitor.  Possible modes are:
+        #   mouse: follow mouse pointer
+        #   keyboard: follow window with keyboard focus
+        #   none: don't follow anything
+        #
+        # "keyboard" needs a windowmanager that exports the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW property.
+        # This should be the case for almost all modern windowmanagers.
+        #
+        # If this option is set to mouse or keyboard, the monitor option will be ignored.
+        follow = "none";
+
+        # Should a notification popped up from history be sticky or timeout
+        # as if it would normally do.
+        sticky_history = "yes";
+
+        # Maximum amount of notifications kept in history
+        history_length = 20;
+
+        # Display indicators for URLs (U) and actions (A).
+        show_indicators = "yes";
+
+        # The height of a single line.  If the height is smaller than the
+        # font height, it will get raised to the font height.
+        # This adds empty space above and under the text.
+        line_height = 0;
+
+        # Draw a line of "separator_height" pixel height between two
+        # notifications. Set to 0 to disable.
+        separator_height = 0;
+
+        # Gap between messages - requires compositor
+        gap_size = 4;
+
+        # Padding between text and separator.
+        padding = 10;
+
+        # Horizontal padding.
+        horizontal_padding = 10;
+
+        # The transparency of the window.  Range: [0; 100].
+        # This option will only work if a compositing windowmanager is
+        # present (e.g. xcompmgr, compiz, etc.).
+        transparency = 0;
+
+        # Define a color for the separator.
+        # possible values are:
+        #  * auto: dunst tries to find a color fitting to the background;
+        #  * foreground: use the same color as the foreground;
+        #  * frame: use the same color as the frame;
+        #  * anything else will be interpreted as a X color.
+        separator_color = "frame";
+
+        # Align icons left/right/off
+        icon_position = "left";
+
+        width = 400;
+        height = 300;
+        offset = "15x60";
+        origin = "top-right";
+
+        frame_color = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base0B}";
+        frame_width = 2;
+
+        # Browser for opening urls in context menu.
+        browser = "firefox";
+
+        # Shortcuts are specified as [modifier+][modifier+]...key
+        # Available modifiers are "ctrl", "mod1" (the alt-key), "mod2",
+        # "mod3" and "mod4" (windows-key).
+        # Xev might be helpful to find names for keys.
+
+        # Close notification.
+        close = "ctrl+space";
+
+        # Close all notifications.
+        close_all = "ctrl+shift+space";
+
+        # Redisplay last message(s).
+        history = "ctrl+shift+h";
+
+        # Context menu.
+        context = "ctrl+shift+c";
+
+      };
+
+      urgency_low = {
+        background = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base03}";
+        foreground = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base05}";
+        timeout = 15;
+      };
+
+      urgency_normal = {
+        background = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base03}";
+        foreground = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base05}";
+        timeout = 15;
+      };
+
+      urgency_critical = {
+        background = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base08}";
+        foreground = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base05}";
+        frame_color = "#${config.colorScheme.colors.base00}";
+        timeout = 0;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}