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Show HN: I built Wuf, mobile notifications for all your needs

13 points by ikoichi2112 3y ago

Hi, I am Luca software engineer and indie hacker. For one of my SaaS products, I had the need to add mobile push notifications to send specific messages to the users (like new messages received, support requests, and so on). But that meant building and releasing a mobile app for iOS and Android. So I thought that I could create a third-party product, to provide exactly that service. The users install the Wuf app. They send you their User Key generated upon sign-up. You send them push mobile notifications via HTTP POST. I'd love to hear your feedback on it, and if you want to become an early user, I'd be happy to welcome you Luca

calculated 3y ago
Great idea, though I’m not sure how user friendly this would be for commercial customers. Because they wouldn’t like to install some other app just to get notifications, etc. I guess a way to improve that would be to white label the app. If it gets mass adoption it wouldn’t be an issue probably but that’s hard :D
- ikoichi2112 3y ago
  I agree with you But it really depends on the type of product. i.e. think about customer support live chats, or similar products. your support agents need to receive mobile notifications, and they are probably more keen to install a third-party app.
  - calculated 3y ago
    Yep, in that regard it’ll be perfect. I could label it as perfect for internal company workflow. Not the “end end” customer. The average consumer.
  - calculated 3y ago
    If that's your target market then this would be the perfect product certainly. I was thinking more in terms of the general end consumer.
thePrioritizer 3y ago
I see the potential of this app. In my past I have built a few web portals where 30-50 administrators manage their sections of the website and if there was more user interaction there, they would definitely need some notifications to be sent to them. Some notifications are already happening per email, but a smartphone app is another useful channel. As I mentioned elsewhere, a QR code instead of User Key could be a helpful enhancement for Wuf.
- ikoichi2112 3y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! The QR code is definitely planned in case I see some traction on that specific need :D
dimakal 3y ago
use ntfy for free...
- ikoichi2112 3y ago
  I didn't know this service. The hosted version has a costs : ) Thanks for sharing.
  - nikkindev 3y ago
    Not for self hosting. Self hosting [1] is still free since the code is open source. [1] https://ntfy.sh/install/ https://ntfy.sh/install/
    - ikoichi2112 3y ago
      exactly, that's why I mentioned the hosted version. for all those users who don't want to deal with servers, which Wuf would target to. so in the end Wuf can just be a fair competitor of ntfy.
- ghostfoxgod 3y ago
  Didn't know about this, I was sending all notifications to discord via webhook, but self-hosting this would be fun. Thanks for sharing this.
ullarah 3y ago
Have you thought about branching out to other technologies such as fax machines, e-mails, sms messaging? I know WUPHF.com can do this magic so it can't be that hard to do.
- ikoichi2112 3y ago
  Good catch xD
dmje 3y ago
How does this differ from ntfy or pushover?
- ikoichi2112 3y ago
  It's currently very similar. But I'm planning to innovate on the commercial users onboarding, using a QR Code. This way the process should be straight forward for the final user (no need to insert the User Key). And to add a couple a features, like scheduling of notifications, which should be quite useful in a bunch of situations (certificates expiration, reminders, and so on).

13 points by ikoichi2112 3y ago

calculated 3y ago

Great idea, though I’m not sure how user friendly this would be for commercial customers. Because they wouldn’t like to install some other app just to get notifications, etc. I guess a way to improve that would be to white label the app. If it gets mass adoption it wouldn’t be an issue probably but that’s hard :D

ikoichi2112 3y ago
I agree with you But it really depends on the type of product. i.e. think about customer support live chats, or similar products. your support agents need to receive mobile notifications, and they are probably more keen to install a third-party app.
- calculated 3y ago
  Yep, in that regard it’ll be perfect. I could label it as perfect for internal company workflow. Not the “end end” customer. The average consumer.
- calculated 3y ago
  If that's your target market then this would be the perfect product certainly. I was thinking more in terms of the general end consumer.

thePrioritizer 3y ago

I see the potential of this app. In my past I have built a few web portals where 30-50 administrators manage their sections of the website and if there was more user interaction there, they would definitely need some notifications to be sent to them. Some notifications are already happening per email, but a smartphone app is another useful channel. As I mentioned elsewhere, a QR code instead of User Key could be a helpful enhancement for Wuf.

ikoichi2112 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback! The QR code is definitely planned in case I see some traction on that specific need :D

dimakal 3y ago

use ntfy for free...

ikoichi2112 3y ago
I didn't know this service. The hosted version has a costs : ) Thanks for sharing.
- nikkindev 3y ago
  Not for self hosting. Self hosting [1] is still free since the code is open source. [1] https://ntfy.sh/install/ https://ntfy.sh/install/
  - ikoichi2112 3y ago
    exactly, that's why I mentioned the hosted version. for all those users who don't want to deal with servers, which Wuf would target to. so in the end Wuf can just be a fair competitor of ntfy.
ghostfoxgod 3y ago
Didn't know about this, I was sending all notifications to discord via webhook, but self-hosting this would be fun. Thanks for sharing this.

ullarah 3y ago

Have you thought about branching out to other technologies such as fax machines, e-mails, sms messaging? I know WUPHF.com can do this magic so it can't be that hard to do.

ikoichi2112 3y ago
Good catch xD

dmje 3y ago

How does this differ from ntfy or pushover?

ikoichi2112 3y ago
It's currently very similar. But I'm planning to innovate on the commercial users onboarding, using a QR Code. This way the process should be straight forward for the final user (no need to insert the User Key). And to add a couple a features, like scheduling of notifications, which should be quite useful in a bunch of situations (certificates expiration, reminders, and so on).