ntfy
ntfy is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Team Chat category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 35,076 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 35,076
- Forks
- 1,678
- Open issues
- 319
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,239
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.34.0Oct 24, 2026
- Created
- Oct 23, 2021
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,239 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,239 |
| Latest release | v2.34.0 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 116 |
| Open issues | 319 |
| Open pull requests | 54 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Oct 23, 2021 |
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About ntfy
Push notifications to phone or desktop using HTTP PUT/POST, with Android app, CLI and web app, similar to Pushover and Gotify.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy.
Topics
- rest-api
- pubsub
- notifications
- curl
- push-notifications
- ntfy
- ntfysh
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Is ntfy free and open source?
Yes. ntfy is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run ntfy with Docker?
Yes. ntfy provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to ntfy?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to ntfy include Rocket.Chat, Novu and Mattermost.
Is ntfy actively maintained?
The most recent commit to ntfy was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,239 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.34.0, published Oct 24, 2026. It had 319 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.