I use ntfy, they had some recent controversy over some AI commits, but, for me, if it works I'm fine with it. Havent noticed a difference. Mine is also not exposed to the outside world.
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Here you have: https://ntfy.sh/
And because it is you you launch the connection is pretty secure.... Assuming telegram servers are not compromised...
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- SimplePush (Home Assistant)
- nfty.sh
- Uptime Kuma
- Gotify
There are plenty of others. Those just come to mind
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+1 Gotify. I have been using it for years with no issues.
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i really like my ntfy dot sh server at the house!
i got scared with the huge AI commit for postgres and i locked my install at the version just before, but it appears to still be doing okay
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The most reliable notification service I have used is pushover, I know it's not self host. But ROCK sold and for a £5 life time payment and with 10,000 messages per month that's amazing
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Notifications for what? Through what channel? I have email alerts for updates and disk errors, but I'm guessing your spouse doesn't want those.
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Unified Push if you want to use the internet, though for important stuff I prefer to use SMS texts. For that you need a gateway. I'm still on vitelity.net and it's ok, but I'd look at alternatives if I were doing it again. Twilio has lately gotten all weird though.
Most applications/services offer mail as notification channel. Even old school unix utilities such as cron support sending mail (through the system MTA). I use msmtp. Then configure K-9 mail or any decent mail client on your phone, setup filters so that mail from your services ends up in a high priority folder in your mailbox with notifications enabled.
I want to be able to receive notifications both on mobile and desktop, this is the only reasonable option I found and have been running with it for > 10 years.
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