# Pushover

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Pushover and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People use it to send alerts from scripts, cron jobs and curl to their phone, with no subscription. Some find it frustrating and want more.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy to trigger from scripts (3 comments): "sends me an alert via Pushover when the usages are above the defined thresholds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314840)) "Never had an issue and using that in all my scripts or cron jobs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300375)) "Pushover can just be triggered by curl in any scripts I use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300844))
- Low maintenance, no subscription (3 comments): "Never had an issue and using that in all my scripts or cron jobs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300375)) "it doesn’t have a subscription and using the proper APIs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299494)) "those are at least set once - reuse indefinitely" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405308))
- Works well on phone (2 comments): "I just setup pushover to send a message to my phone for this exact reason!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642491)) "that works great on my phone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302873))

## What people warn about

- Frustrating at times (1 comments): "I rely on a hook+Pushover to alert me when my attention is needed which works but has not been without frustration." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829881))
- Wanted more than it offers (1 comments): "After using pushover & ntfy.sh for agent progress tracking. I felt the need for more." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49239982))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ntfy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ntfy.md): 41 recommend
- [Firebase Cloud Messaging](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firebase-cloud-messaging.md): 8 recommend
- [Apprise](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apprise.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://pushover.net/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Pushover", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pushover/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).