# Novu

Open-source notification infrastructure with one API for sending messages across in-app inbox, email, SMS, push and chat channels, self-hostable or available as a cloud service.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/novu/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://novu.co
- repository: https://github.com/novuhq/novu
- docs: https://docs.novu.co
- pricing: https://novu.co/pricing
- x: https://twitter.com/novuhq
- discord: https://discord.novu.co

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Noti-fire Apps Ltd.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: IL

### Kind

- category: email
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mongodb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker compose

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT, Novu Proprietary Software License (enterprise folder)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 40254
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 377
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://novu.co/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/novuhq/novu (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://docs.novu.co/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://novu.co/pricing (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/LICENSE-MIT (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/LICENSE-MIT (read 2026-11-03)
- hqCountry: https://novu.co/privacy (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/novuhq/novu (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/novuhq/novu (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/novuhq/novu/contributors (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://docs.novu.co/community/run-in-local-machine (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://docs.novu.co/community/run-in-local-machine (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.novu.co/community/self-hosting-novu/deploy-with-docker (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://docs.novu.co/community/self-hosting-novu/deploy-with-docker (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://docs.novu.co/api-reference (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Novu is notification infrastructure that an application calls through one API to send messages across in-app inbox, email, SMS, push and chat channels. It has a web dashboard and an embeddable React inbox component. It runs as a self-hosted stack from Docker Compose or as Novu Cloud, and the self-hosted stack stores its data in MongoDB with Redis for queues. The [documentation](https://docs.novu.co) covers both.

## Worth knowing

The repository is open core: the core is under the MIT license, and the enterprise folder is under a commercial license. The cloud comparison table lists single sign-on, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication and workflow translations for Novu Cloud and not for the community self-hosted edition.

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