diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 29da4be..889546c 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -77,6 +77,26 @@
         .then(response => response.text())
         .then(app.ports.uploadSuccess.send);
     });
+
+    function notify(data) {
+      const notif = new Notification(data.title, {
+        icon: data.icon,
+        body: data.body,
+      });
+      notif.onclick = () => location.hash = data.clickUrl;
+    }
+
+    app.ports.notify.subscribe(data => {
+      if (Notification.permission === "granted") {
+        notify(data);
+      } else if (Notification.permission !== "denied") {
+        Notification.requestPermission(permission => {
+          if (permission === "granted") {
+            notify(data);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    });
     </script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/Command.elm b/src/Command.elm
index 0df3196..fabf0cf 100644
--- a/src/Command.elm
+++ b/src/Command.elm
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ module Command
         , scrollToThreadStatus
         , searchAccounts
         , search
+        , notifyStatus
+        , notifyNotification
         )
 
 import Dom
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ import Ports
 import String.Extra exposing (replace)
 import Task
 import Types exposing (..)
+import View.Formatter exposing (textContent)
 
 
 initCommands : Maybe AppRegistration -> Maybe Client -> Maybe String -> Cmd Msg
@@ -669,3 +672,59 @@ scrollColumnToBottom column =
 scrollToThreadStatus : String -> Cmd Msg
 scrollToThreadStatus cssId =
     Ports.scrollIntoView <| "thread-status-" ++ cssId
+
+
+notifyStatus : Status -> Cmd Msg
+notifyStatus status =
+    Ports.notify
+        { title = status.account.acct
+        , icon = status.account.avatar
+        , body = status.content |> textContent
+        , clickUrl = "#thread/" ++ (toString status.id)
+        }
+
+
+notifyNotification : Notification -> Cmd Msg
+notifyNotification notification =
+    case notification.status of
+        Just status ->
+            case notification.type_ of
+                "reblog" ->
+                    Ports.notify
+                        { title = notification.account.acct ++ " reboosted"
+                        , icon = notification.account.avatar
+                        , body = status.content |> textContent
+                        , clickUrl = "#thread/" ++ (toString status.id)
+                        }
+
+                "favourite" ->
+                    Ports.notify
+                        { title = notification.account.acct ++ " favorited"
+                        , icon = notification.account.avatar
+                        , body = status.content |> textContent
+                        , clickUrl = "#thread/" ++ (toString status.id)
+                        }
+
+                "mention" ->
+                    Ports.notify
+                        { title = notification.account.acct ++ " mentioned you"
+                        , icon = notification.account.avatar
+                        , body = status.content |> textContent
+                        , clickUrl = "#thread/" ++ (toString status.id)
+                        }
+
+                _ ->
+                    Cmd.none
+
+        Nothing ->
+            case notification.type_ of
+                "follow" ->
+                    Ports.notify
+                        { title = notification.account.acct ++ " follows you"
+                        , icon = notification.account.avatar
+                        , body = notification.account.note
+                        , clickUrl = "#account/" ++ (toString notification.account.id)
+                        }
+
+                _ ->
+                    Cmd.none
diff --git a/src/Ports.elm b/src/Ports.elm
index 99865f2..ff1b9f2 100644
--- a/src/Ports.elm
+++ b/src/Ports.elm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ port module Ports
         , saveClients
         , setStatus
         , uploadMedia
+        , notify
         , uploadSuccess
         , uploadError
         )
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ port scrollIntoView : String -> Cmd msg
 port uploadMedia : { id : String, url : String, token : String } -> Cmd msg
 
 
+port notify : { title : String, icon : String, body : String, clickUrl : String } -> Cmd msg
+
+
 
 -- Incoming ports
 
diff --git a/src/Update/WebSocket.elm b/src/Update/WebSocket.elm
index 5568157..8626906 100644
--- a/src/Update/WebSocket.elm
+++ b/src/Update/WebSocket.elm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module Update.WebSocket exposing (update)
 
+import Command
 import Mastodon.Decoder
 import Mastodon.Helper
 import Mastodon.Model exposing (..)
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ update msg model =
                                                 oldNotifications.entries
                                     }
                             in
-                                { model | notifications = newNotifications } ! []
+                                { model | notifications = newNotifications }
+                                    ! [ Command.notifyNotification notification ]
 
                         Err error ->
                             { model | errors = addErrorNotification error model } ! []
diff --git a/src/View/Formatter.elm b/src/View/Formatter.elm
index cbe90ce..957cb80 100644
--- a/src/View/Formatter.elm
+++ b/src/View/Formatter.elm
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-module View.Formatter exposing (formatContent)
+module View.Formatter exposing (formatContent, textContent)
 
 import Dict
 import Elmoji
 import Html exposing (..)
 import Html.Attributes exposing (..)
 import HtmlParser
+import HtmlParser.Util as ParseUtil
 import Http
 import Mastodon.Model exposing (..)
 import String.Extra exposing (replace, rightOf)
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ formatContent content mentions =
         |> toVirtualDom mentions
 
 
+textContent : String -> String
+textContent html =
+    html |> HtmlParser.parse |> ParseUtil.textContent
+
+
 {-| Converts nodes to virtual dom nodes.
 -}
 toVirtualDom : List Mention -> List HtmlParser.Node -> List (Html Msg)