Self-hosted Web Push for iPhone, iPad and Mac Safari, triggered by one authenticated POST from scripts, cron or CI
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Self-hosted alternatives to Pushover
Pushover is a hosted notification service that delivers messages sent through its HTTP API to Android, iPhone, iPad and desktop apps. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.
Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Pushover describes on its own site.
Pushover features, app by app
| Feature | Kukuroo |
|---|---|
| Send a push by HTTP POST | Yes |
| Apps for Android, iPhone, iPad and desktop | Partly |
| Priority levels with emergency acknowledgement | No |
| Send to a user, group or chosen device | Partly |
| Notification sounds | No |
| Title, text and link on each message | Yes |
| Image attachments | No |
| Message expiry | Yes |
Self-hosted Web Push for iPhone, iPad and Mac Safari, triggered by one authenticated POST from scripts, cron or CI
- What a Pushover user would miss
- Devices must be an iPhone or iPad on iOS 18.4 or later or a Mac with Safari 18.5 or later, there is no Android support, and messages have no priority levels, sounds, attachments or device and group targeting.
- What it adds
- It needs only one Worker and a KV namespace, the push service relays encrypted payloads it cannot read, and a Claude Code plugin lets a coding agent send notifications.
- Yes Send a push by HTTP POST. POST /push/send with a bearer token from curl, cron or CI.
- Partly Apps for Android, iPhone, iPad and desktop. No app, devices enroll through a Safari Home Screen page on iOS 18.4 or later or macOS Safari 18.5 or later, Android, Chrome and Firefox cannot enroll.
- No Priority levels with emergency acknowledgement. The payload has no priority field, only a silent flag, a TTL and a topic.
- Partly Send to a user, group or chosen device. Each send goes to every enrolled device, there is no way to pick a user, group or device.
- No Notification sounds. Only a silent flag, no sound choice.
- Yes Title, text and link on each message. Title, body, tap-through link and icon, the title and link are required.
- No Image attachments. The image field is ignored by Safari's declarative push.
- Yes Message expiry. Ttl option, default 4 hours.
Sources:github.com/saiday/kukuroo#alternativesgithub.com/saiday/kukuroo#apigithub.com/saiday/kukuroo/blob/main/src/payload.tsgithub.com/saiday/kukuroo/blob/main/src/send.tsworkersnative.directory/api/apps/kukuroopushover.net/api