diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3f3b53d..eda81e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6,12 +6,53 @@ version = "1.0.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "afddf7f520a80dbf76e6f50a35bca42a2331ef227a28b3b6dc5c2e2338d114b1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arrayref"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4c527152e37cf757a3f78aae5a06fbeefdb07ccc535c980a3208ee3060dd544"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "arrayvec"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23b62fc65de8e4e7f52534fb52b0f3ed04746ae267519eef2a83941e8085068b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4efd02e230a02e18f92fc2735f44597385ed02ad8f831e7c1c1156ee5e1ab3a5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "blake2b_simd"
+version = "0.5.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "afa748e348ad3be8263be728124b24a24f268266f6f5d58af9d75f6a40b5c587"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayref",
+ "arrayvec",
+ "constant_time_eq",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "block"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d8c1fef690941d3e7788d328517591fecc684c084084702d6ff1641e993699a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.66"
@@ -37,6 +78,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "constant_time_eq"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "245097e9a4535ee1e3e3931fcfcd55a796a44c643e8596ff6566d68f09b87bbc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "02d96d1e189ef58269ebe5b97953da3274d83a93af647c2ddd6f9dab28cedb8d"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dbus"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b1334c0161ddfccd239ac81b188d62015b049c986c5cd0b7f9447cf2c54f4a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "libdbus-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fd78930633bd1c6e35c4b42b1df7b0cbc6bc191146e512bb3bedf243fcc3901"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-as-inner"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -45,8 +124,8 @@ checksum = "7c5f0096a91d210159eceb2ff5e1c4da18388a170e1e3ce948aac9c8fdbbf595"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.8",
+ "syn 1.0.60",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -78,12 +157,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "lazycell",
  "log",
+ "notify-rust",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
  "widestring",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8fc3cb4d91f53b50155bdcfd23f6a4c39ae1969c2ae85982b135750cccaf5fce"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -99,6 +190,12 @@ version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd25036021b0de88a0aff6b850051563c6516d0bf53f8638938edbb9de732736"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazycell"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -111,6 +208,15 @@ version = "0.2.84"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1cca32fa0182e8c0989459524dc356b8f2b5c10f1b9eb521b7d182c03cf8c5ff"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libdbus-sys"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc12a3bc971424edbbf7edaf6e5740483444db63aa8e23d3751ff12a30f306f0"
+dependencies = [
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.14"
@@ -120,12 +226,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mac-notification-sys"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3dfb6b71a9a89cd38b395d994214297447e8e63b1ba5708a9a2b0b1048ceda76"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "chrono",
+ "dirs",
+ "objc-foundation",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "malloc_buf"
+version = "0.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62bb907fe88d54d8d9ce32a3cceab4218ed2f6b7d35617cafe9adf84e43919cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maplit"
 version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "notify-rust"
+version = "4.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95a3a5dd7b4b415b112ce0fae1988f3e6dee90a96918bf3950b5f2289b19a04b"
+dependencies = [
+ "dbus",
+ "mac-notification-sys",
+ "winrt-notification",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.44"
@@ -145,15 +283,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "915b1b472bc21c53464d6c8461c9d3af805ba1ef837e1cac254428f4a77177b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "malloc_buf",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc-foundation"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1add1b659e36c9607c7aab864a76c7a4c2760cd0cd2e120f3fb8b952c7e22bf9"
+dependencies = [
+ "block",
+ "objc",
+ "objc_id",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc_id"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c92d4ddb4bd7b50d730c215ff871754d0da6b2178849f8a2a2ab69712d0c073b"
+dependencies = [
+ "objc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3831453b3449ceb48b6d9c7ad7c96d5ea673e9b470a1dc578c2ce6521230884c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e0704ee1a7e00d7bb417d0770ea303c1bccbabf0ef1667dae92b5967f5f8a71"
 dependencies = [
- "unicode-xid",
+ "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a6e920b65c65f10b2ae65c831a81a073a89edd28c7cce89475bff467ab4167a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.8"
@@ -163,6 +342,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.1.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41cc0f7e4d5d4544e8861606a285bb08d3e70712ccc7d2b84d7c0ccfaf4b05ce"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "de0737333e7a9502c789a36d7c7fa6092a49895d4faa31ca5df163857ded2e9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "rust-argon2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-argon2"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b18820d944b33caa75a71378964ac46f58517c92b6ae5f762636247c09e78fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "blake2b_simd",
+ "constant_time_eq",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -185,8 +393,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9391c295d64fc0abb2c556bad848f33cb8296276b1ad2677d1ae1ace4f258f31"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.8",
+ "syn 1.0.60",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -211,6 +419,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ca6e4730f517e041e547ffe23d29daab8de6b73af4b6ae2a002108169f5e7da"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3384590878eb0cab3b128e844412e2d010821e7e091211b9d87324173ada7db8"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote 0.3.15",
+ "syn 0.11.11",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "0.11.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3b891b9015c88c576343b9b3e41c2c11a51c219ef067b264bd9c8aa9b441dad"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote 0.3.15",
+ "synom",
+ "unicode-xid 0.0.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.60"
@@ -218,8 +453,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c700597eca8a5a762beb35753ef6b94df201c81cca676604f547495a0d7f0081"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "unicode-xid",
+ "quote 1.0.8",
+ "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "synom"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a393066ed9010ebaed60b9eafa373d4b1baac186dd7e008555b0f702b51945b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-xid 0.0.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -247,8 +491,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9be73a2caec27583d0046ef3796c3794f868a5bc813db689eed00c7631275cd1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.8",
+ "syn 1.0.60",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -258,7 +502,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6db9e6914ab8b1ae1c260a4ae7a49b6c5611b40328a735b21862567685e73255"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -268,12 +512,24 @@ version = "1.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb0d2e7be6ae3a5fa87eed5fb451aff96f2573d2694942e40543ae0bbe19c796"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-xid"
+version = "0.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c1f860d7d29cf02cb2f3f359fd35991af3d30bac52c57d265a3c461074cb4dc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f7fe0bb3479651439c9112f72b6c505038574c9fbb575ed1bf3b797fa39dd564"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cccddf32554fecc6acb585f82a32a72e28b48f8c4c1883ddfeeeaa96f7d8e519"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -316,3 +572,34 @@ name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winrt"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e30cba82e22b083dc5a422c2ee77e20dc7927271a0dc981360c57c1453cb48d"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winrt-notification"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c31a65da50d792c6f9bd2e3216249566c4fb1d2d34f9b7d2d66d2e93f62a242"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum",
+ "strum_macros",
+ "winapi",
+ "winrt",
+ "xml-rs",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xml-rs"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1945e12e16b951721d7976520b0832496ef79c31602c7a29d950de79ba74621"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
diff --git a/espanso-ui/Cargo.toml b/espanso-ui/Cargo.toml
index af223df..4130370 100644
--- a/espanso-ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/espanso-ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@ thiserror = "1.0.23"
 widestring = "0.4.3"
 lazycell = "1.3.0"
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os="linux")'.dependencies]
+notify-rust = "4.2.2"
+
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = "1.0.66"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/espanso-ui/src/lib.rs b/espanso-ui/src/lib.rs
index fae3c81..6b05f82 100644
--- a/espanso-ui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/espanso-ui/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ pub mod menu;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 pub mod win32;
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub mod linux;
diff --git a/espanso-ui/src/linux/mod.rs b/espanso-ui/src/linux/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56c5a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/espanso-ui/src/linux/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use log::error;
+use notify_rust::Notification;
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, Sender};
+
+pub struct LinuxUIOptions {
+  pub notification_icon_path: String,
+}
+
+pub fn create(options: LinuxUIOptions) -> (LinuxRemote, LinuxEventLoop) {
+  let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+  let remote = LinuxRemote::new(tx, options.notification_icon_path);
+  let eventloop = LinuxEventLoop::new(rx);
+  (remote, eventloop)
+}
+
+pub struct LinuxRemote {
+  tx: Sender<()>,
+  notification_icon_path: String,
+}
+
+impl LinuxRemote {
+  pub fn new(tx: Sender<()>, notification_icon_path: String) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      tx,
+      notification_icon_path,
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub fn stop(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    Ok(self.tx.send(())?)
+  }
+
+  pub fn show_notification(&self, message: &str) {
+    if let Err(error) = Notification::new()
+      .summary("Espanso")
+      .body(message)
+      .icon(&self.notification_icon_path)
+      .show()
+    {
+      error!("Unable to show notification: {}", error);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+pub struct LinuxEventLoop {
+  rx: Receiver<()>,
+}
+
+impl LinuxEventLoop {
+  pub fn new(rx: Receiver<()>) -> Self {
+    Self { rx }
+  }
+
+  pub fn run(&self) {
+    // We don't run an event loop on Linux as there is no tray icon or application window needed.
+    // Thad said, we still need a way to block this method, and thus we use a channel
+    self.rx.recv().expect("Unable to block the LinuxEventLoop");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/espanso/src/main.rs b/espanso/src/main.rs
index 3ffd131..8b2025f 100644
--- a/espanso/src/main.rs
+++ b/espanso/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use espanso_detect::event::{InputEvent, Status};
-use espanso_ui::menu::*;
+use espanso_ui::{linux::LinuxUIOptions, menu::*};
 use simplelog::{CombinedLogger, Config, LevelFilter, TermLogger, TerminalMode};
 
 fn main() {
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ fn main() {
   //   notification_icon_path: r"C:\Users\Freddy\Insync\Development\Espanso\Images\icongreensmall.png"
   //     .to_string(),
   // });
+  let (remote, mut eventloop) = espanso_ui::linux::create(LinuxUIOptions {
+    notification_icon_path: r"/home/freddy/insync/Development/Espanso/Images/icongreensmall.png".to_owned(),
+  });
 
   let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
     //let mut source = espanso_detect::win32::Win32Source::new();
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ fn main() {
         InputEvent::Keyboard(evt) => {
           if evt.key == espanso_detect::event::Key::Shift && evt.status == Status::Pressed {
             //remote.update_tray_icon(espanso_ui::icons::TrayIcon::Disabled);
-            //remote.show_notification("Espanso is running!");
+            remote.show_notification("Espanso is running!");
           }
         }
       }
@@ -68,5 +71,5 @@ fn main() {
   //   .unwrap();
   //   remote.show_context_menu(&menu);
   // }))
-  handle.join();
+  eventloop.run();
 }