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Show HN: Ntfy – PUT/POST notifications directly to phone or desktop

• binwiederhier 5y ago
  Hey folks, I made a simple HTTP based pub sub service that you can use to send notifications to your phone via PUT/POST, e.g. via curl like this: curl -d "Backup failed" ntfy.sh/mytopic It's open source and has an Android app too. Currently you can self-host the server. The Android app only supports "ntfy.sh" so far due to some Android limitations, but if you guys are interested I can add support for self-hosted servers too. Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.heckel.ntfy https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.heckel.ntfy Server GitHub: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy Android app GitHub: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy-android https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy-android
• jqpabc123 5y ago
  Interesting idea but an iOS app is mandatory. Man can not live by Android alone. I have thought about doing something similar based on simple polling --- the app just checks the server every X minutes by posting a unique user ID.
  • binwiederhier 5y ago
    Glad you like the idea. I don't have an iPhone, so an iOS app would be a little tricky. If it takes off, I may consider it, or maybe someone will volunteer to make one. Wanna do it? The Android app currently works with Firebase, so no polling, and based on topics, no unique user ID either (no tracking), but the ntfy.sh API also supports polling so that'd also work.
    • jqpabc123 5y ago
      Wanna do it? Lack of expertise in iOS development is the main reason why I haven't tackled this already. But my comment still stands, a system that only works with Android is only half a solution.