Gotify

Health v2 · maintenance only

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15801 stars · 871 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Gotify is a self-hosted server for sending and receiving real-time messages over WebSocket, with a REST API for pushing messages and a sleek web UI for managing users, clients, and applications. It ships with an Android app for push notifications and a CLI client, making it a privacy-friendly alternative to commercial push services.

Use cases

• self-host a private push notification server
• send alerts from scripts to my phone
• replace proprietary push services like Pushover or Pushbullet
• receive server monitoring alerts as phone notifications
• push messages to devices via a simple REST API
• get real-time notifications over WebSocket
• notify my phone when a long-running job finishes

When to choose

• you want full control and privacy over your notification infrastructure
• you need a lightweight, self-hosted alternative to commercial push services
• you want to push notifications from any HTTP client or script
• you need an Android app that receives push notifications from your own server

When to avoid

• you need push notifications to arbitrary users without running your own server
• you require rich media messaging or chat features rather than simple notifications
• you cannot host a server or maintain a VPS/Docker deployment
• you need guaranteed delivery to iOS, which lacks an official client

Facets

service · maturity stable

http-server websocket api-framework self-hosted middleware self-hosted privacy developer-tools self-hosted go cross-platform push-notifications notification-server websocket rest-api android-client real-time-messaging message-push messaging automation docker linux android web-server

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