Running Gotify: Self-Hosted Push Notifications

Every self-hosted setup eventually needs notifications. Watchtower updated a container? You want to know. Backup failed? Alert me. Server disk at 90%? Send a push notification to my phone. Most people use Pushover ($5 one-time), ntfy (hosted service), or Discord webhooks. But if you’re self-hosting everything else, why not self-host your notifications too? Gotify is a simple, self-hosted push notification server with a clean web UI, Android app, and dead-simple REST API. One curl command sends a notification to your phone. ...

February 19, 2026 · 6 min · Self Host Setup