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As a sports fan, I recently setup a python script to pull a weeks worth of games (past/previous), and send me the schedule every 3 days via a cronjob with ntfy. I also set it up to let me know when it's GameDay for a few of my teams from different sports and when they are starting.
What do you use it for?
For me top use is integrating with uptime kuma to keep track of all local services
Yes! Please share the script! Thanks!
Ntfy...
I'm hosting some services on my pi at home. Sometimes the internet is down or power fails...
To get notifications I have a GitHub action to check if my server is reachable. If not -> ntfy.io -> mobile app
You mind sharing your set up? I'm trying to do the same but think I'm doing it badly.
https://pastecode.dev/s/cEZAojxbuu
Watch out for line 27!
Placed this in an empty GitHub repo in .github/worflows/main.yml
Checked if workflow are active.
Works for me
ntfy is cross platform and i can share alert with all family members without compatibility problem.
I use for alert me end of linux script ou longest command.
I use for alerting me when my supervision detect DOWN …
It’s a great tool
But i don’t self hosted the server side because ntfy work perfect at this time
I use gotify for various services - it tells me when new stuff is added to jellyfin, it sends me notifications when uptime kuma detects something is down, if grafana monitoring thresholds are reached, after watchtower updates my docker containers, some homeassistant actions, info that some scripts finished and so on... It has a lots of uses.
Gotify here too. Watchtower notifs work very well. Couldn't get Jellyfin ones to work though. And coming back to ntfy... I've tried it a few times but couldn't grasp the concept, so I'll come back to it again when I have a few days off.
Mostly to tell me when my well pump or pressure pump starts / stops, but also events from BlueIris (video) when it recognizes things on camera (its my cheap motion detector lol). I also get notices when maintenance starts / stops on my websites, daily visitor stats and some other metrics I like to keep tabs on. On that note also a ton of notifications from my various web services are sent over NTFY.
I tried ntfy but really can't find why I should use it. I've been using Pushover for years and it really does anything I want. Am I missing something?
If Pushover has issues, how do get your messages? You rely entirely on a thirdparty service in the cloud.
You do know that this is /r/selfhosted right?
I do use Pushover myself and its great and cheap, but its absolutely not comparable to ntfy or Gotify being selfhosted.
Also with local selfhosting you can still get messages when your internet is down.
True, but the actual push notifications still go through cloud with iOS. So I am missing the point for iOS.
selfhosted :)
I recently set up a python script that reminds me of people's birthdays that it reads from a text file. I also get notifications daily at midnight when my docker config is backed up using rsync. I also have a python script that creates an excel file of my qbittorrent metrics daily so i get notification for that also at midnight.
Can you share your command for the rsync notification? I've done a simple one when the script is done but I'm trying to figure out how to show whether it was a success or had issues. Just knowing cron ran the job is a first step.
Synology alerts that include containers and security alerts. Scrutiny S.M.A.R.T alerts. ARR stack alerts. Alerts from uptime kuma.
nba.com
I don't.
I made a script so I can run any long running commands and get the output as a notification.
Homeassistant notifications Uptime kuma Audiobookshelf for new podcasts (through apprise) I'm working on results from rsync backup scripts but haven't got it finished yet.
I use pushover, never heard of ntfy.
Fellow curry fan i see.
I tried it and it was nice but ultimately I switched to apprise
That is not the same thing / Different purpose. Apprise can make use of many notification services, ntfy is just one of them.
I have a script that scrapes the website of a local park to let me know when the leaves charce in the fall.
I tried ntfy, got it to work once, but never worked again.
Will try again
I built a discord bot for it. This way I can get DMed right through discord if I send a message.
Surprised that no one mentioned the matrix. I'm self hosting federated server.
For those looking who are interested in my Github repo for this code:
I like telegram bots more. They are less battery consuming on my phone and they sends notification to my desktop PC too (telegram web interface)
Currently I run ntfy on a remote VPS, it notifies me of *arr warnings/errors, Jellyfin content adds, Jellyseerr content adds, uptime kuma status and also when a new device is added to my Tailscale network. Thanks to OP I will try to add notifications for tracking upcoming sports events
