typpo/textbelt

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3377 stars · 579 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

TextBelt Open Source is a REST API and Node.js/Express server that sends outgoing SMS for free using carrier-specific email-to-SMS gateways, backed by nodemailer and Redis. It can be self-hosted as a standalone server or used as a Node.js module, and is the open-source counterpart to the paid textbelt.com service.

Use cases

• send free SMS messages from a script or cron job
• self-host an SMS notification server for alerts
• send text messages from Node.js code via a simple module
• set up SMS notifications for a NAS or home server
• send texts via curl with a simple POST request
• notify admins by SMS when monitoring triggers

When to choose

• you want free, ad-free outgoing SMS via carrier email-to-SMS gateways
• you can self-host the service on a private server with Redis and an SMTP transport
• you need a dead-simple HTTP POST or Node module interface for texting
• you only need outgoing SMS and can tolerate variable delivery reliability

When to avoid

• you need guaranteed, reliable SMS delivery or delivery receipts
• you need to receive inbound SMS or MMS
• you are sending high volumes or messages with URLs where carrier gateways may fail
• you need a production messaging service without self-hosting burden - use the paid textbelt.com or a provider like Twilio instead

Facets

service · maturity maintenance

http-server email api-framework messaging-platforms apis developer-tools self-hosted cross-platform sms sms-api email-to-sms-gateway notifications express redis rest-api automation nodejs web-server

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