ntfy.sh
Send push notifications to your phone or desktop with a simple HTTP POST. · ntfy · Messaging
Overview
ntfy is free and open source. Pick a hard-to-guess topic name, because public topics can be read by anyone.
Good fit
Use for personal alerts from scripts and servers.
- scripts
- homelabs
Not a fit
Avoid for user-facing notifications in a product.
- product notifications
Quickstart · 2 steps
- Install the ntfy app and subscribe to a topic name.
- Run curl -d "done" ntfy.sh/<topic>.
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