# Novu

> Novu is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the team chat category. Notification infrastructure for developers. It has 40,118 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to Twilio SendGrid.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/novuhq/novu |
| Website | https://novu.co/ |
| GitHub stars | 40,118 |
| Forks | 4,507 |
| Open issues | 56 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker, Nodejs |
| Categories | Team Chat |
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,234 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | @novu/framework@v2.14.0 (Sep 28, 2026) |
| Created | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: notifications, communication, email, sms, push-notifications, transactional, typescript, nodejs, notification-center, react

## Install

Novu ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/novuhq/novu for the image name and environment variables.

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## Novu replaces

- [Twilio SendGrid alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/sendgrid): A transactional and marketing email delivery API.

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