I’m building a Sonner alternative and I’d love your feedback

Mehmet Basrioğlu — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:36:26 +0000

I’ve been working on a toast library for React as a Sonner alternative. Sonner is great, I just wanted to see how far I could push the feel of it. Notifications here are pill-shaped and expand and collapse a bit like the Dynamic Island, with stacking, blur transitions and a progress ring for auto-dismiss. The API is close to what you’d expect: toast.success(“Saved”), or toast.error({ title, message, duration }).

It’s still early (0.1.0). If you watch the video closely you’ll spot a small bug. I know about it and I’m fixing it before release.

A few things I’m curious about:

Would you actually use something like this next to or instead of Sonner?

Is the island style too much for a toast, or does it work?

What’s the one feature you’d need before switching? Swipe to dismiss, promise toasts, action buttons?

Happy to hear anything, including this is unnecessary.

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I’m building a Sonner alternative and I’d love your feedback