# ntfy

Self-hostable HTTP publish-subscribe server that delivers published messages as push notifications to phones, desktops and browsers.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://ntfy.sh
- repository: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy
- docs: https://docs.ntfy.sh/
- discord: https://discord.gg/cT7ECsZj9w

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Philipp C. Heckel
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: sqlite, postgres
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: Go templates
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: binary-download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0, GPL-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 35257
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 385
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://ntfy.sh (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://docs.ntfy.sh/ (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://docs.ntfy.sh/contact/ (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://api.github.com/users/binwiederhier (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://ntfy.sh (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://docs.ntfy.sh/install/ (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://docs.ntfy.sh/config/ (read 2026-11-03)
- templating: https://docs.ntfy.sh/publish/ (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://ntfy.sh (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://ntfy.sh (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

ntfy is a server that accepts messages over HTTP and delivers them as push notifications to phones, desktops and browsers. A script or application publishes to a topic with a PUT or POST request, and the apps and web app subscribed to that topic show the message. The server ships as a binary, a Docker image or a package, and its install guide describes running it as a permanent service. It can keep its data in SQLite or PostgreSQL.

The project also runs a public server, ntfy.sh, and the software can be self-hosted.

## Worth knowing

Without sign-up, a topic on the public server works like a password: the homepage says so and advises a name that is hard to guess. The public server also offers paid plans next to a free tier.

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