Alternatives to ntfy
Send push notifications from scripts using HTTP requests. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ntfy
Send push notifications from scripts using HTTP requests.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ntfy.
Apprise API
A self-hosted REST API that wraps the Apprise library to send notifications to many services.
Apprise API is a self-hosted MIT-licensed REST API that relays notifications to many services, but has no hosted option and needs another tool to send messages.
Pushcut
An iOS app that shows actionable notifications and widgets triggered by webhooks, Shortcuts and HomeKit.
Pushcut is a proprietary iOS app with actionable notifications triggered by webhooks, Shortcuts and HomeKit, limited to Apple devices and without a self-hosted server.
Apprise
Send application notifications through many messaging services.
Apprise is a BSD-licensed library and command-line tool that sends notifications through many messaging services, but each destination needs its own service configuration and there is no hosted option.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Alerter
A command-line tool for sending interactive macOS notifications from shell scripts and other programs.
Cronitor
A hosted monitoring service for cron jobs, background workers, websites and APIs, with failure alerts.
Dead Man's Snitch
A hosted monitoring service that alerts you when a cron job or scheduled task fails to run.
webhook
A lightweight server that runs shell commands when incoming HTTP webhooks match configured hooks.
Home Assistant
A home automation server that talks to smart devices on your own network instead of through their clouds.
