Apprise
Ranked 4 of 4 push notification services by recommenders
Free open-source library that lets scripts and apps send notifications to many services through one common interface, and it has matured since about 2018.
Free open-source library that lets scripts and apps send notifications to many services through one common interface, and it has matured since about 2018.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
One interface for many notification systems
“there are mature libraries like shoutrr [2] and apprise [3] that let you support multiple notification systems with no extra work”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Ntfy – open-source Push to Mobile” “give scripts and applications one common interface for sending notifications”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Apprise v2.0 – Self-hosted notifications across 160 services” Sends to many different services
“The nice thing about Apprise is that it can direct notifications to various places”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “SMTP Relay with Web Dashboard” “we've chosen Apprise just for the big number of services supported”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Show HN: Posthorn, self-hosted mail without the mail server”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Far more services than most setups need
“Seems like most setups only really need 2-3 channels, rather than the ~140 supported by Apprise.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Show HN: Posthorn, self-hosted mail without the mail server”
Other push notification services people recommend
The three most recommended other push notification services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ntfy | 41 | 11 | 79% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Pushover | 13 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Firebase Cloud Messaging | 8 | 8 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
| AppriseThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“give scripts and applications one common interface for sending notifications”
“there are mature libraries like shoutrr [2] and apprise [3] that let you support multiple notification systems with no extra work”
“The nice thing about Apprise is that it can direct notifications to various places”
“Seems like most setups only really need 2-3 channels, rather than the ~140 supported by Apprise.”
“we've chosen Apprise just for the big number of services supported”
“Been around since ~2018; so it's had time to mature”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.