Self-host Apprise API

A small HTTP API and web UI around the Apprise library: one request fans a notification out to any of the 150+ services Apprise supports, such as Telegram, Discord, Slack, email and ntfy. Configurations can be saved under a key and reused by scripts and apps.

Key facts

What you need

• Any VPS with at least 256 MB of RAM
• A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
• Under an hour if you've used Docker before

Install

Run these commands on your server:

copy# Apprise API — the official caronc/apprise image
mkdir -p ~/apprise/config ~/apprise/attach && cd ~/apprise
docker run -d --name apprise --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 8000:8000 --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  -v ./config:/config -v ./attach:/attach \
  -e APPRISE_STATEFUL_MODE=simple -e APPRISE_WORKER_COUNT=1 \
  caronc/apprise:2.0.0
# open http://SERVER_IP:8000 — the API is unauthenticated by default: firewall it or set APPRISE_AUTH_REQUIRED=yes

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