Self-host ntfy

Send push notifications to your phone or desktop from any script with a simple HTTP PUT — no accounts, no cloud. A tiny Go binary that turns `curl` into a notification pipeline for your servers and cron jobs.

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 with Docker Compose

Save this as compose.yml and run docker compose up -d:

copy# ntfy — mount a config dir and cache, expose port 80
# grab the official compose, set base-url, then:
docker compose up -d  #  →  http://SERVER_IP
curl -d "backup finished" http://SERVER_IP/mytopic