Part 9— How I Run My Entire Digital Life on a Raspberry Pi: Real-Time Notifications with Gotify
In this episode, we’re diving into the world of real-time notifications by setting up Gotify — a powerful, open-source, and self-hosted push notification system that puts you in full control of your alerts. Whether you want instant updates from your smart home devices, server status alerts, or custom messages delivered right to your phone or desktop, Gotify makes it simple, secure, and customizable. Join us as we walk through the setup process and unlock a smarter way to stay connected and informed wherever you are!
Gotify
Gotify is an open-source, self-hosted push notification server designed to send and receive custom notifications in real time. It provides a simple REST API for sending messages, a web interface for managing and viewing notifications, and client apps — such as an Android app — that deliver push alerts directly to your devices. Gotify is ideal for developers and system administrators who want to create personalized notification systems, enabling alerts from monitoring tools, scripts, or applications to be pushed securely and instantly to phones, desktops, or browsers without relying on third-party services.