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notnoop/java-apns

Java Apple Push Notification Service Provider observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/notnoop/java-apns · Java · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 6137
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1510
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1787 stars · 644 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Java client library for the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) that sends push notifications to iOS/macOS devices. It is now defunct because Apple shut down the legacy binary protocol it relies on in March 2021.

Use cases

  • send push notifications to ios devices from java
  • java apns client library
  • push notifications with apple certificates
  • send newsstand and mdm notifications
  • query apple feedback service for invalid tokens

When to choose

  • maintaining a legacy codebase already built on java-apns
  • studying how apns binary-protocol clients were implemented

When to avoid

  • any new project - the library no longer works since Apple disabled the legacy binary protocol
  • you need a working APNs client - use Pushy instead, which supports the HTTP/2 protocol

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

http-client serialization json mobile-development apis developer-tools jvm cross-platform apns push-notifications ios deprecated apple

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