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 — pub/sub push notifications
services:
  ntfy:
    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:latest
    command: serve
    ports: ["80:80"]
    environment:
      NTFY_BASE_URL: http://SERVER_IP
      NTFY_BEHIND_PROXY: "true"
    volumes:
      - ./cache:/var/cache/ntfy
      - ./etc:/etc/ntfy
    restart: unless-stopped
# docker compose up -d  →  http://SERVER_IP