diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8472e7e..447a180 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 members = [
   "apps/magpie",
   "apps/music-player",
+  "apps/notifications",
   "apps/sandbox",
   "crates/script",
   "crates/textwrap",
diff --git a/apps/magpie/src/protocol.rs b/apps/magpie/src/protocol.rs
index 5aedc03..9e80597 100644
--- a/apps/magpie/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/apps/magpie/src/protocol.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{PathBuf, Path};
 
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub struct CreatePanel {
     pub id: PanelId,
     pub protocol: String,
     pub script: PathBuf,
+    pub init_msg: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 /// Sends a panel a message.
@@ -210,6 +211,16 @@ impl<T: Read, I: DeserializeOwned, O> Messenger<T, I, O> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Acquires the path to the Magpie socket.
+///
+/// Currently only joins XDG_RUNTIME_DIR with [MAGPIE_SOCK].
+pub fn find_socket() -> PathBuf {
+    let sock_dir = std::env::var("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR").expect("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set");
+    let sock_dir = Path::new(&sock_dir);
+    let sock_path = sock_dir.join(MAGPIE_SOCK);
+    sock_path
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "async")]
 mod async_messages {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/apps/magpie/src/service/ipc.rs b/apps/magpie/src/service/ipc.rs
index 0da73cb..6ca7484 100644
--- a/apps/magpie/src/service/ipc.rs
+++ b/apps/magpie/src/service/ipc.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ impl Client {
                     id,
                     protocol,
                     script,
+                    init_msg,
                 }) => {
                     let mut data = self.data.write();
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ impl Client {
                         id: window,
                         protocol,
                         script,
+                        init_msg,
                     };
                     let _ = self.window_sender.send_event(msg);
                 }
diff --git a/apps/magpie/src/service/window.rs b/apps/magpie/src/service/window.rs
index 0e9229e..5d3a6de 100644
--- a/apps/magpie/src/service/window.rs
+++ b/apps/magpie/src/service/window.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub enum WindowMessage {
         id: usize,
         protocol: String,
         script: PathBuf,
+        init_msg: Vec<u8>,
     },
     CloseWindow {
         id: usize,
@@ -194,13 +195,14 @@ impl WindowStore {
                 id,
                 protocol,
                 script,
+                init_msg,
             } => {
                 log::debug!("Opening window {} with script {:?}...", id, script);
                 let start = std::time::Instant::now();
                 let module = std::fs::read(script)?;
                 let mut script = self.runtime.load_module(&module)?;
                 log::debug!("Instantiated window {} script in {:?}", id, start.elapsed());
-                let panel = script.create_panel(&protocol, vec![])?;
+                let panel = script.create_panel(&protocol, init_msg)?;
                 log::debug!("Created window {} panel in {:?}", id, start.elapsed());
                 let window = Window::new(self.ipc_sender.to_owned(), id, panel, &event_loop)?;
                 let window_id = window.get_id();
diff --git a/apps/music-player/src/main.rs b/apps/music-player/src/main.rs
index fb647ee..5719cc6 100644
--- a/apps/music-player/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/music-player/src/main.rs
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ fn main() {
         .to_owned();
 
     smol::block_on(async {
-        let sock_dir = std::env::var("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR").expect("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set");
-        let sock_dir = Path::new(&sock_dir);
-        let sock_path = sock_dir.join(MAGPIE_SOCK);
+        let sock_path = canary_magpie::protocol::find_socket();
         let socket = UnixStream::connect(sock_path).await.unwrap();
         let mut magpie = MagpieClient::new(socket);
         let protocol = "tebibyte-media.desktop.music-player-controller".to_string();
@@ -207,6 +205,7 @@ fn main() {
             id: 0,
             protocol,
             script,
+            init_msg: vec![],
         };
 
         let msg = MagpieServerMsg::CreatePanel(msg);
diff --git a/apps/notifications/Cargo.toml b/apps/notifications/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..615470b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/notifications/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "canary-notifications"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "canary-notifications"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+required-features = ["bin"]
+
+[dependencies]
+canary-magpie = { path = "../magpie", optional = true, features = ["async"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+smol = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
+zbus = { version = "3.5", optional = true }
+
+[features]
+bin = ["dep:canary-magpie", "dep:smol", "dep:zbus"]
diff --git a/apps/notifications/src/lib.rs b/apps/notifications/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb0ac41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/notifications/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Marceline Cramer
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+pub use serde;
+pub use serde_json;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Contents {
+    /// The optional name of the application sending the notification.
+    pub app_name: Option<String>,
+
+    /// The summary text briefly describing the notification.
+    pub summary: String,
+
+    /// The optional detailed body text.
+    pub body: Option<String>,
+
+    /// The timeout time in milliseconds since the display of the notification
+    /// at which the notification should automatically close.
+    pub timeout: Option<i32>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind")]
+pub enum OutMsg {}
diff --git a/apps/notifications/src/main.rs b/apps/notifications/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a7122a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/notifications/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::future::pending;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use canary_magpie::protocol::*;
+use canary_notifications::Contents;
+use smol::net::unix::UnixStream;
+use zbus::{dbus_interface, zvariant::Value, ConnectionBuilder, SignalContext};
+
+pub type MagpieClient = ClientMessenger<UnixStream>;
+
+pub struct Notifications {
+    module_path: PathBuf,
+    magpie: MagpieClient,
+    next_id: u32,
+}
+
+#[dbus_interface(name = "org.freedesktop.Notifications")]
+impl Notifications {
+    fn get_capabilities(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        vec!["body", "body-markup", "actions", "icon-static"]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(ToString::to_string)
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    #[dbus_interface(out_args("name", "vendor", "version", "spec_version"))]
+    fn get_server_information(&self) -> zbus::fdo::Result<(String, String, String, String)> {
+        Ok((
+            "canary-notifications".to_string(),
+            "Canary Development Team".to_string(),
+            "0.1.0".to_string(),
+            "1.2".to_string(),
+        ))
+    }
+
+    async fn notify(
+        &mut self,
+        app_name: String,
+        replaces_id: u32,
+        app_icon: String,
+        summary: String,
+        body: String,
+        actions: Vec<String>,
+        hints: HashMap<String, Value<'_>>,
+        timeout: i32,
+    ) -> u32 {
+        let contents = Contents {
+            app_name: Some(app_name).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()),
+            summary,
+            body: Some(body).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()),
+            timeout: Some(timeout).filter(|t| *t == 0),
+        };
+
+        let id = self.next_id;
+        self.next_id += 1;
+
+        let msg = CreatePanel {
+            id,
+            protocol: "tebibyte-media.desktop.notification".to_string(),
+            script: self.module_path.to_owned(),
+            init_msg: serde_json::to_vec(&contents).unwrap(),
+        };
+
+        self.magpie
+            .send_async(&MagpieServerMsg::CreatePanel(msg))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        id
+    }
+
+    fn close_notification(&self, id: u32) {}
+
+    #[dbus_interface(signal)]
+    async fn notification_closed(ctx: &SignalContext<'_>, id: u32, reason: u32)
+        -> zbus::Result<()>;
+
+    #[dbus_interface(signal)]
+    async fn action_invoked(
+        ctx: &SignalContext<'_>,
+        id: u32,
+        action_key: String,
+    ) -> zbus::Result<()>;
+}
+
+pub fn main() {
+    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
+    let module_path = args
+        .get(1)
+        .expect("Please pass a path to a Canary script!")
+        .to_owned()
+        .into();
+
+    smol::block_on(async {
+        let sock_path = find_socket();
+        let socket = UnixStream::connect(sock_path).await.unwrap();
+        let magpie = MagpieClient::new(socket);
+
+        let notifications = Notifications {
+            magpie,
+            next_id: 0,
+            module_path,
+        };
+
+        let _ = ConnectionBuilder::session()
+            .unwrap()
+            .name("org.freedesktop.Notifications")
+            .unwrap()
+            .serve_at("/org/freedesktop/Notifications", notifications)
+            .unwrap()
+            .build()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        pending::<()>().await;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/scripts/sao-ui/Cargo.toml b/scripts/sao-ui/Cargo.toml
index 2a09cd0..798db04 100644
--- a/scripts/sao-ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/scripts/sao-ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 glam = "^0.21"
 keyframe = "1"
 canary-music-player = { path = "../../apps/music-player" }
+canary-notifications = { path = "../../apps/notifications" }
 canary-script = { path = "../../crates/script" }
+canary-textwrap = { path = "../../crates/textwrap" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 wee_alloc = "^0.4"
diff --git a/scripts/sao-ui/src/lib.rs b/scripts/sao-ui/src/lib.rs
index 948c2e9..f379d19 100644
--- a/scripts/sao-ui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/scripts/sao-ui/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ static ALLOC: wee_alloc::WeeAlloc = wee_alloc::WeeAlloc::INIT;
 pub mod anim;
 pub mod main_menu;
 pub mod music_player;
+pub mod notifications;
 pub mod style;
 pub mod widgets;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use api::*;
 use canary_script::*;
 use main_menu::MainMenuPanel;
 use music_player::MusicPlayerPanel;
+use notifications::NotificationPanel;
 use widgets::Widget;
 
 export_abi!(bind_panel_impl);
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ fn bind_panel_impl(panel: Panel, protocol: Message, msg: Message) -> Box<dyn Pan
 
     match protocol.as_str() {
         "tebibyte-media.desktop.music-player-controller" => MusicPlayerPanel::bind(panel, msg),
+        "tebibyte-media.desktop.notification" => NotificationPanel::bind(panel, msg),
         "wip-dialog" => ConfirmationDialogPanel::bind(panel, msg),
         _ => MainMenuPanel::bind(panel, msg),
     }
diff --git a/scripts/sao-ui/src/notifications.rs b/scripts/sao-ui/src/notifications.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4860f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sao-ui/src/notifications.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Marceline Crmaer
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+use super::widgets::prelude::*;
+use api::*;
+use canary_script::*;
+use canary_textwrap::{Content, Layout, TextCache};
+
+use shell::Offset;
+use text::{Label, LabelText};
+
+pub struct NotificationPanel {
+    panel: Panel,
+    summary: Offset<Label>,
+    text_cache: TextCache,
+    body: Content,
+    body_layout: Layout,
+    body_rect: Rect,
+}
+
+impl PanelImpl for NotificationPanel {
+    fn update(&mut self, dt: f32) {}
+
+    fn draw(&mut self) {
+        let ctx = DrawContext::new(self.panel);
+        ctx.draw_rounded_rect(self.body_rect, 5.0, THEME.palette.base);
+        self.summary.draw(&ctx);
+
+        let ctx = ctx.with_offset(Vec2::new(5.0, 20.0));
+        self.body_layout
+            .draw(&self.text_cache, &ctx, 5.0, 8.0, THEME.palette.text);
+    }
+
+    fn on_resize(&mut self, new_size: Vec2) {
+        self.body_rect = Rect::from_xy_size(Vec2::ZERO, new_size);
+
+        let width = (new_size.x - 10.0) / 5.0;
+        self.body_layout = self.body.layout(&mut self.text_cache, width);
+    }
+
+    fn on_cursor_event(&mut self, kind: CursorEventKind, at: Vec2) {}
+
+    fn on_message(&mut self, msg: Message) {}
+}
+
+impl NotificationPanel {
+    pub fn bind(panel: Panel, msg: Message) -> Box<dyn PanelImpl> {
+        let msg = msg.to_vec();
+        let msg: canary_notifications::Contents = serde_json::from_slice(&msg).unwrap();
+
+        let font = Font::new(crate::DISPLAY_FONT);
+        let text = msg.summary;
+        let text = LabelText { font, text };
+        let summary = Label::new(
+            text,
+            text::HorizontalAlignment::Left,
+            10.0,
+            THEME.palette.text,
+            0.0,
+            0.0,
+            0.0,
+        );
+        let summary = Offset::new(summary, Vec2::new(5.0, 12.0));
+
+        let font = Font::new(crate::CONTENT_FONT);
+        let text = msg.body.unwrap_or(String::new());
+        let mut text_cache = TextCache::default();
+        let body = Content::from_plain(&mut text_cache, font, &text);
+        let body_layout = body.layout(&text_cache, 0.0);
+
+        let body_rect = Rect::from_xy_size(Vec2::ZERO, Vec2::ZERO);
+
+        Box::new(Self {
+            panel,
+            summary,
+            text_cache,
+            body,
+            body_layout,
+            body_rect,
+        })
+    }
+}