Gotify
Gotify is a self-hosted server for sending and receiving push notifications.
Platform availability
Available on 5 of 9 platforms
Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
84/100 Excellent
- Maintained
- 100last commit 15 days ago
- Popular
- 56620 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 755 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
- Light to run
- 100128 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 17 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 620
- Open issues
- 56
- Last commit
- 2026-09-30
- License
- MIT
- Activity
- steady
Checked 16 days ago - source: GitHub (bigbeartechworld/big-bear-casaos)
Resources & Compatibility
Minimum requirements: 128 MB RAM, 1 CPU core(s), 100 MB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.
Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
- Create a user before using notifications Set up at least one account in Gotify with a name, password, and admin flag if you want full control. Without a user, the app cannot sign in and won't be able to receive your notifications. source
- Point the app at your server and sign in Enter your Gotify server address, then the username and password you created. This signs the app in and gives it a session to receive notifications; without it, the app can't talk to Gotify. source
- Send a test message to confirm setup After signing in, create a simple test notification using an app ID (a number that identifies the sender app), title, message, and priority. If it arrives, you know the server and app are connected correctly. source
Fetched 17 days ago - each note links to its source
Variants
Alternatives (5)
- AirDroid - A device management platform for seamless remote control, file transfers, notifications, and screen mirroring across devices without networ…
- Amazon Simple Notification Service - Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a push messaging service that makes it simple & cost-effective to push to mobile devices &a…
- Pushbullet - Send links, files, photos, lists, and notes instantly between devices, mirror phone notifications to desktop, and access clipboard syncing…
- Pushover - Pushover is a simple push notification service that integrates easily into web apps, network monitoring systems, shell scripts, and anythin…
- ntfy - Ntfy is a simple HTTP-based publish-subscribe notification service that lets you send push notifications to your phone or desktop from any…
Checked 14 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
Do I need to create a user before using the Gotify Android app?
Yes, set up at least one account with a name, password, and admin flag if you want full control. Without a user, the app cannot sign in or receive notifications.
How can I confirm Gotify is delivering notifications after setup?
Send a test message using an app ID, title, message, and priority. If it arrives, the server and app are connected correctly.
Which reverse proxies are covered by the Gotify documentation?
The documentation lists reverse proxy guidance for Apache, Caddy, HAProxy, Nginx, and Traefik.
Is there a guide for updating Gotify to 3.x?
Yes, the documentation includes a migration guide for 3.x.
Answers sourced from github.com, github.com, gotify.net
Community
- Difference between ntfy and gotify? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- What is your go to notification service? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- Gotify : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- What are the pros and Cons of Gotify? are there any ... - Reddit (reddit)
Collected 11 days ago - public community threads