# rs/pushd

Blazing fast multi-protocol mobile and web push notification service

Repository: https://github.com/rs/pushd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pushd
Language: CoffeeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-07-15T14:40:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5271, "days_push": 2240, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1155, forks 217 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:47.910817+00:00)

## What it is
Pushd is a self-hosted unified push notification server that lets backend applications send notifications to mobile and web clients across multiple protocols (APNs, GCM/C2DM, MPNS, WNS, HTTP, EventSource) from a single API. It manages device subscriptions to events with a Redis backend and supports pluggable custom protocols.

## Use cases
- send push notifications to ios and android apps from one server
- unified push notification service for multiple mobile platforms
- notify mobile devices when events happen on my backend
- broadcast notifications to all subscribed devices
- self-hosted alternative to push notification services
- subscribe devices to events and deliver via apns or gcm

## When to choose
- you need to fan out notifications to devices across iOS, Android, and Windows platforms through one entry point
- you want a self-hosted push server with pluggable protocols and Redis-backed subscription management
- you need event-based subscription semantics with badges, templates, and broadcast support

## When to avoid
- you only target modern Firebase Cloud Messaging or a single platform and prefer an official SDK
- you need actively maintained software - the latest release dates to 2020 and protocols like C2DM are deprecated
- you want a managed SaaS push service without operating your own Redis and Node.js infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: message-queue, http-server, webhook, middleware
- domain: mobile-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: push-notifications, apns, gcm, wns, mpns, eventsource, redis-backend, coffeescript, messaging, nodejs

## Member repositories
- rs/pushd (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.910817+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 2026-08-30T06:32:14.226461+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rs/pushd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.910817+00:00, sha 9cd530363f20)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pushd (fetched 2026-08-29T12:37:51.538772+00:00, sha 79338103a0bc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.