Bark

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

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8947 stars · 692 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Bark is a free, open-source iOS app that lets you push custom notifications to your iPhone via simple GET/POST HTTP requests, using APNs without draining battery. It includes a companion self-hosted server (bark-server) and supports encrypted pushes, custom sounds, icons, grouping, time-sensitive and critical alerts.

Use cases

• send push notifications to my iphone from a script
• get notified when a long-running job finishes on my server
• self-host a push notification server for privacy
• send encrypted push notifications to ios
• trigger iphone alerts from home automation or webhooks
• push critical alerts that bypass do not disturb
• notify my phone from a cron job

When to choose

• you want simple HTTP-based push notifications to an iPhone
• you need self-hosting or end-to-end encrypted pushes
• you want advanced iOS notification features like critical alerts and custom sounds

When to avoid

• you need to notify Android or desktop devices
• you need rich interactive notifications with buttons and replies
• you want a managed multi-device notification service without running your own server

Facets

application · maturity active

http-server webhook self-hosted security mobile-development developer-tools self-hosted privacy self-hosted push-notifications apns notification-tool swift ios-app encrypted-push server-component automation ios docker

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