# ToothlessGear/node-gcm

A NodeJS wrapper library port to send data to Android devices via Google Cloud Messaging

Repository: https://github.com/ToothlessGear/node-gcm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-gcm
Homepage: https://github.com/ToothlessGear/node-gcm
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: gcm, node-gcm, notifications, javascript, firebase-cloud-messaging, android, push-notifications, nodejs
Last push: 2026-01-26T10:04:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 64, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5177, "days_push": 219, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1299, forks 200 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:17.343185+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library providing an easy interface for sending push notifications to Android and iOS devices via Google Cloud Messaging / Firebase Cloud Messaging (legacy API). It is now deprecated since the Legacy FCM API it depends on was shut down in June 2024.

## Use cases
- send push notifications to android devices from nodejs
- send fcm notifications from a node server
- push notification server library for gcm
- notify mobile app users from backend
- send firebase cloud messaging messages via legacy api

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy codebase already using node-gcm with the legacy FCM API
- learning how GCM/FCM legacy server-side sending worked

## When to avoid
- any new project - the legacy FCM API stopped working in June 2024
- you need FCM HTTP v1 API support - use firebase-admin or fcm-v1-http2 instead
- production push notification delivery

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, sdk
- domain: mobile-development, apis, messaging-platforms
- platform: -
- tags: push-notifications, firebase-cloud-messaging, gcm, fcm, deprecated-api, server-side, nodejs, android, ios

## Member repositories
- ToothlessGear/node-gcm (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.343185+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:53:24.899514+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ToothlessGear/node-gcm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.343185+00:00, sha d409241b7d44)
  - homepage: https://github.com/ToothlessGear/node-gcm (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:09.615554+00:00, sha a3256e49caa5)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gcm (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:09.625334+00:00, sha 0045f316ea12)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.