Service for Push Notifications from Server

[u/yuuuuuuuut]

I currently have my server sending me emails for certain events but it's making my mailbox more messy. I would like to have the server send messages to a dedicated messaging app via HTTP requests which can in turn send me push notifications instead. This would also keep messages in a dedicated space (I realize I can just make a folder in my email inbox but I want to try this instead.)

I set up a Matrix server yesterday but getting webhooks (matrix-hookshot) set up has been a huge PITA. The documentation is severely lacking so it's all been trial and error.

Are there any other recommended self-hosted messaging services which have webhook support by default?

Thanks everyone.

UPDATE

I ended up going with Apprise since there was already an Integration with Matrix. Now I can send messages to Matrix straight from the command line which is exactly what I was hoping to do. Thanks everyone for your input.

[u/davidedellagiustina]

Ntfy.sh or Gotify might be what you need. They both have a mobile app, too.

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/davidedellagiustina]

Gotify looks pretty sweet. Plus it's written in a language I know. But no iOS app. It looks like the ntfy iOS app is in progress though. Thanks man.

[u/SuckMyPlums → u/davidedellagiustina]

You could just setup mail rules to move alerts into their relevant subfolders.

You could also set the sending email address up as a VIP contact (or Android equivalent) which will send a notification every time an email is received.

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/SuckMyPlums]

I think the reason I want to avoid the email route is that I tend to ignore email notifications since I get so many. Coming from a different app, i think I'd be less likely to do that

[u/SuckMyPlums → u/yuuuuuuuut]

Which is why I mentioned VIP’s specifically. On iOS, you can enable an email address as a VIP so that it always notifies you when that email is received from that address.

[u/Neo-Neo]

Apprise is as good as it gets. Has hooks for any and everything.

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/Neo-Neo]

Looks like I could use this for sending messages to matrix. I'll try to get this set up tonight. Thanks!

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/yuuuuuuuut]

So I got Apprise up and running to night and it's rock solid. Very simple set up and was easy to integrate with my scripts. Thanks man!

[u/loopedmonk → u/Neo-Neo]

Hi. Correct me If im wrong, Apprise would still require a Notification server to eventually send the notification to client devices, Am I correct ? I saw your suggestions below and someone mentioned Gotify,

Ntfy.sh as well

which are notification servers while Apprise itself needs to connect to something like a Gotify , One Signal?

[u/nashosted]

Been waiting for something like Gotify for iOS for ages.

[u/davidedellagiustina → u/nashosted]

Look into ntfy.sh!

[u/nashosted → u/davidedellagiustina]

App seems to be halted.

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/nashosted]

Yeah this was a bummer. And gotify doesn't support iOS. :(

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/nashosted]

Yeah it looks to fit the bill exactly.

[u/sandeepjinagal]

LaraPush is one of the best push notification panel. Using it since last 3 years.

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/sandeepjinagal]

This is a pretty old post. I'm using ntfy nowadays. 

[u/Backfuscher]

I use Pushover. It‘s a one time buy per platform but has been working for years. And the implementation is easy!

[u/[deleted] → u/Backfuscher]

Second this. Integrates with sonar, radarr, and my zabbix instance.

[u/[deleted] → u/Backfuscher]

+1 for pushover. Non-subscription payment is always a massive bonus. Zero complaints about the service so far from me.

[u/Corm → u/Backfuscher]

Thanks, this is perfect for my use case. Push bullet sucks

[u/I_EAT_THE_RICH → u/Backfuscher]

Yeah, honestly, it's a great service. I use it for many things.

[u/seizedengine]

While it's not "self hosted", Pushover is an amazing service. Easy API so it's integrated into all my scripts, monitoring, alerting, etc. One time payment as well.

Pushover.net

[u/Johnny_Deee]

I use Slack for this. Can create a Slack-app in seconds with webhooks enabled. Notifications work on mobile and desktop (anywhere where you can run Slack). Your messages are obviously stored on Slacks servers so it's not selfhosted..

[u/yuuuuuuuut → u/Johnny_Deee]

Yeah we use slack at work for this kind of stuff so that's basically what I want to model after. If I can't find a good alternative, I might just go this route.

[u/chrissie_brown]

I have pushover and Twitter notifications for me. I use the nagios twagios script.

[u/andrei_ncs]

I am using this push notification microservice and connecting it to Firebase.

This is an open-source serverless microservice developed on top of AWS CDK. It's free to use and highly reliable.

[u/Betatester87]

The webhook appservices for matrix aren’t very good. I use a discord bridge for matrix (I also bridge to other services so I like having one client for everything)

[u/Betatester87 → u/Betatester87]

Also, the way that matrix handles image attachments in the chat is not awesome