This article details the author's experience setting up and using ntfy.sh, a self-hosted push notification service. It highlights the benefits of self-hosting for control, privacy, and performance, and its ease of setup, especially on low-resource devices like Raspberry Pis. It also discusses integrations with tools like Home Assistant and Uptime Kuma, and acknowledges some limitations for users unfamiliar with command-line tools.
ntfy is a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service that allows you to send notifications to your phone or desktop via scripts or using a REST API. It's open source and free software.
Official Beepy API documentation providing information about getting started, installation, authentication, IP whitelist, request parameters, response examples, webhooks, labels, errors, and changelogs.
