ntfy.sh | Send push notifications to your phone or desktop via PUT/POST by binwiederhier

Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PUT/POST

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Verdict 80/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty 15433k docker pulls Last release 16 days ago

Self-host ntfy.sh | Send push notifications to your phone or desktop via PUT/POST on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
80 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
30k
1.3k forks

About ntfy.sh | Send push notifications to your phone or desktop via PUT/POST

From the project's README at github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Special thanks to: Warp, built for coding with multiple AI agents. Available for MacOS, Linux, & Windows

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
92
maturity
100
community
82
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
39

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 30k github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy
GitHub forks 1.3k github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy
Docker Hub pulls 15433k hub.docker.com / binwiederhier

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age4.5 yearssince Oct 2021
Last commit9 days agoApr 27, 2026
Releases shipped102last: 16 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links2declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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