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Sunup vs NextPush: catalog facts
Sunup	NextPush
Best for: De-Googled Android phones that need push notifications with little setup	Best for: Nextcloud users on de-Googled Android phones
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source, hosted on Codeberg.
Android	Android
No account or self-hosted server needed Works on Android without Google services All 3 strengths for Sunup No account or self-hosted server needed Works on Android without Google services Based on the open UnifiedPush standard	Push notifications without Google services Reuses an existing Nextcloud server All 4 strengths for NextPush Push notifications without Google services Reuses an existing Nextcloud server Available on F-Droid Actively maintained with recent releases
Only helps apps that support UnifiedPush Relies on Mozilla's push server rather than your own	Requires a Nextcloud server with the UnifiedPush provider app Only works with apps that support UnifiedPush All 3 limitations for NextPush Requires a Nextcloud server with the UnifiedPush provider app Only works with apps that support UnifiedPush Android only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Sunup unifiedpush.org f-droid.org/packages/org.unifiedpush.distributor.sunup Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for NextPush codeberg.org/NextPush/nextpush-android Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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