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When I was making my IoT washing machine sensor, I used Blynk.io to push notifications to my phone but of course that service became commercialised and is no lo

by spuz 4y ago

When I was making my IoT washing machine sensor, I used Blynk.io to push notifications to my phone but of course that service became commercialised and is no longer free. I could not find any nice easy to use alternative except for Telegram which is what I use now. This service looks exactly like what I would need and I appreciate the promise to keep it open source.

lloydatkinson 4y ago
https://pushover.net/ https://pushover.net/ Has existed for several years. It works great for me.
- razemio 4y ago
  Yep. Same for me. Reliable, not subscription based and very easy to integrate. Nothing fancy in a positive manner.
- spuz 4y ago
  Thanks, I may have dismissed Pushover simply because it isn't free but a $5 one time purchase is actually not too bad.
  - KaiserPro 4y ago
    I've used it for a very long time. it does only one thing, and does it well.
  - INTPenis 4y ago
    It's practically free. I bought the app once many years ago and have never sent more than 1000 pushes a month.
- bippingchip 4y ago
  +1 for pushover I’ve been using for quite a fee years. The app is not free but once you pay the one-time fee for the app, they have a generous free tier for personal use, and it has worked quite flawlessly for me so far.
- dividuum 4y ago
  Additionally they support "Critical Alerts" on iOS for when you really need to get a notification regardless of whether or not you've muted your device. Probably something similar is possible on Android as well?
  - cuu508 4y ago
    Yes, emergency priority: ignores do-not-disturb, full volume, and repeats every x minutes until acknowledged (x is configurable when sending the notification).
  - there 4y ago
    On Android, Pushover is able to (optionally) play notification sounds for high-priority messages through the alarm channel like an alarm app would, so it can bypass the device's mute switch.
    - binwiederhier 4y ago
      This has been requested in ntfy as well. I'll likely implement that eventually. Sounds like a great feature.
- dewey 4y ago
  I'm using Pushover a lot, it exists for a very long time, never changes and just works. It's also very easy to wire it up to existing tools as it can listen to webhooks. In my case I just did that recently to receive webhooks and send them to my phone: https://blog.notmyhostna.me/posts/push-notifications-from-appsignal-with-pushover/ https://blog.notmyhostna.me/posts/push-notifications-from-ap...
- JayGuerette 4y ago
  I've used pushover for years as well. I wish they would charge me $5/y instead of a $5/lifetime. I've asked them to do that. I want this service to last. I set up Tasker on my phone such that when a specific low-priority (no visible/audible alert) message from pushover, containing only a hash key, is received it picks it up and does an HTTPS request to my self-hosted server to retrieve the actual notification text. I have a bash/websocat client connected 24/7 to wss://client.pushover.net/ as well that I should probably put up on git for other people.
  - layer8 4y ago
    Pushover requires a monthly subscription for teams. I guess that’s what most of their revenue comes from anyway.
    - there 4y ago
      That is correct. Pushover has been around for 10 years now and I get most of its financial support from Team subscriptions. https://blog.pushover.net/posts/2022/3/ten https://blog.pushover.net/posts/2022/3/ten Any individual users wanting to support Pushover are welcome to join as a personal Team with 1 member :)
- mavci 4y ago
  For those who have Pushover account, can check this out [1] Hacker News notification service via Pushover. [1] https://hnn.avci.me https://hnn.avci.me
- creeble 4y ago
  Also pushover fan. I have come to rely on it for critical monitoring alerts, and have not yet experienced failure in many years of use.
hoherd 4y ago
I've been using Prowl for 13 years and haven't had any problems. I paid for the app once and that was that. https://www.prowlapp.com https://www.prowlapp.com
somehnguy 4y ago
Fun seeing everyone's ad-hoc solutions for this! Personally I setup a Slack server and use webhooks to push events to a channel there. Works great :)
tomjakubowski 4y ago
> IoT washing machine sensor I'm building exactly this right now for my first hardware project. Have you published any notes anywhere?
loginatnine 4y ago
Got any more information on what you're doing with your washing machine? I have this[1] running for the past four years with Telegram without a hitch but I'm curious on what you're doing! [1]https://github.com/jebeaudet/time-to-fold-alerter https://github.com/jebeaudet/time-to-fold-alerter

by spuz 4y ago

lloydatkinson 4y ago

https://pushover.net/ https://pushover.net/ Has existed for several years. It works great for me.

razemio 4y ago
Yep. Same for me. Reliable, not subscription based and very easy to integrate. Nothing fancy in a positive manner.
spuz 4y ago
Thanks, I may have dismissed Pushover simply because it isn't free but a $5 one time purchase is actually not too bad.
- KaiserPro 4y ago
  I've used it for a very long time. it does only one thing, and does it well.
- INTPenis 4y ago
  It's practically free. I bought the app once many years ago and have never sent more than 1000 pushes a month.
bippingchip 4y ago
+1 for pushover I’ve been using for quite a fee years. The app is not free but once you pay the one-time fee for the app, they have a generous free tier for personal use, and it has worked quite flawlessly for me so far.
dividuum 4y ago
Additionally they support "Critical Alerts" on iOS for when you really need to get a notification regardless of whether or not you've muted your device. Probably something similar is possible on Android as well?
- cuu508 4y ago
  Yes, emergency priority: ignores do-not-disturb, full volume, and repeats every x minutes until acknowledged (x is configurable when sending the notification).
- there 4y ago
  On Android, Pushover is able to (optionally) play notification sounds for high-priority messages through the alarm channel like an alarm app would, so it can bypass the device's mute switch.
  - binwiederhier 4y ago
    This has been requested in ntfy as well. I'll likely implement that eventually. Sounds like a great feature.
dewey 4y ago
I'm using Pushover a lot, it exists for a very long time, never changes and just works. It's also very easy to wire it up to existing tools as it can listen to webhooks. In my case I just did that recently to receive webhooks and send them to my phone: https://blog.notmyhostna.me/posts/push-notifications-from-appsignal-with-pushover/ https://blog.notmyhostna.me/posts/push-notifications-from-ap...
JayGuerette 4y ago
I've used pushover for years as well. I wish they would charge me $5/y instead of a $5/lifetime. I've asked them to do that. I want this service to last. I set up Tasker on my phone such that when a specific low-priority (no visible/audible alert) message from pushover, containing only a hash key, is received it picks it up and does an HTTPS request to my self-hosted server to retrieve the actual notification text. I have a bash/websocat client connected 24/7 to wss://client.pushover.net/ as well that I should probably put up on git for other people.
- layer8 4y ago
  Pushover requires a monthly subscription for teams. I guess that’s what most of their revenue comes from anyway.
  - there 4y ago
    That is correct. Pushover has been around for 10 years now and I get most of its financial support from Team subscriptions. https://blog.pushover.net/posts/2022/3/ten https://blog.pushover.net/posts/2022/3/ten Any individual users wanting to support Pushover are welcome to join as a personal Team with 1 member :)
mavci 4y ago
For those who have Pushover account, can check this out [1] Hacker News notification service via Pushover. [1] https://hnn.avci.me https://hnn.avci.me
creeble 4y ago
Also pushover fan. I have come to rely on it for critical monitoring alerts, and have not yet experienced failure in many years of use.

hoherd 4y ago

I've been using Prowl for 13 years and haven't had any problems. I paid for the app once and that was that. https://www.prowlapp.com https://www.prowlapp.com

somehnguy 4y ago

Fun seeing everyone's ad-hoc solutions for this! Personally I setup a Slack server and use webhooks to push events to a channel there. Works great :)

tomjakubowski 4y ago

> IoT washing machine sensor I'm building exactly this right now for my first hardware project. Have you published any notes anywhere?

loginatnine 4y ago

Got any more information on what you're doing with your washing machine? I have this[1] running for the past four years with Telegram without a hitch but I'm curious on what you're doing! [1]https://github.com/jebeaudet/time-to-fold-alerter https://github.com/jebeaudet/time-to-fold-alerter