Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Self-hostable app to send push notifications and files to phone/desktop
ntfy is a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. It allows you to send notifications to your phone or desktop via scripts from any computer, and/or using a REST API.
Ntfy.sh is a self-hostable application that lets users send push notifications and files to their phones and desktop devices. Users can host it on their own servers rather than relying on third-party services. The app… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Self-hostable app to send push notifications and files to phone/desktop launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PUT/POST - binwiederhier/ntfy
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PUT/POST - binwiederhier/ntfy
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ntfy me▲2Push notifications from scripts, servers, and apps
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Alerty▲96Send yourself push notifications from your apps and servers
2023 · alerty.dev · its alternatives →
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Coolify▲419An open-source & self-hostable Heroku, Netlify alternative
2022 · coolify.io · its alternatives →
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Pusha▲135Send push notifications from your desktop or web application
2018 · haaretz.co.com · its alternatives →
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Hyperlink▲266Get push notifications when your links get clicked
2019 · usehyperlink.com · its alternatives →
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coolLabs: Software without compromise. Free, open source, and built for you.
2021 · coollabs.io · its alternatives →
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SuprSend▲406We as developers, build and maintain many services in code, one of them being notification service. In the last 5-7 years, API-to-user communications have exploded across SMS, email, chat apps, mobile, and web push. As a consequence, notification service handling them has become quite complex. Developers spend time building integrations with multiple providers, create templates for each channel, managing scheduling and routing based on preferences, maintaining queues to deliver notifications on time while managing scale. Besides, product teams have poor visibility on notifications as…
2022 · suprsend.com · its alternatives →
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Send push notifications programmatically at scale
2016 · pusher.com · its alternatives →
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A Node.js library to send all kinds of transactional notifications. - notifme/notifme-sdk
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Nudgify▲134Add social proof, FOMO and UX notifications to your website
2020 · nudgify.com · its alternatives →
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Push.js▲236Cross-browser solution for JavaScript desktop notifications
2016 · pushjs.org · its alternatives →
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Send native push notifications with a simple unified API
2019 · ably.com · its alternatives →
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