ntfy

HTTP pub-sub notifications you can curl from cron

Comms / Notifications · Apache-2.0 · 35k

Reviewed 2026-09-03 · last push 2026-10-20 · repo checked 2026-10-21

What's Good

Dual-licensed Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0. curl -d to a topic and phones ring. First-party CLI, Android/iOS apps, single-binary server. Public ntfy.sh is free without signup. Self-host if you want reserved topics and no shared rate limits.

The Catch

Anonymous topics are passwords — guessable names leak other people's alerts. Public ntfy.sh rate-limits; reserved topics need Pro. Dual license means you pick Apache-2.0 or GPLv2, not Apache-only.

Verdict

The notification CLI that is actually free. curl it from a cron job.

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