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Pushover

Reliable push notifications to iOS/Android/desktop, 10,000 free messages a month

Pushover delivers push notifications to phones, tablets, and desktops via a simple REST API. Each user gets a pooled 10,000 messages per month at no cost across all their applications. The client apps are a small one-time purchase per platform, but the messaging API itself is free within the monthly quota.

Free tier

Free messaging up to 10,000 messages/month pooled per user (across all apps, as of May 2026); client apps are a one-time ~$5 purchase per platform

Rate limits

10,000 messages/month pooled across a user's application tokens; remaining quota returned in response headers. No fixed RPS published.

Auth

API key

Base URL

https://api.pushover.net/1

What you'd build with it

  • Send priority/emergency alerts (with acknowledgement) to ops phones
  • Notify yourself when a long automation or AI job finishes
  • Route monitoring alerts to specific devices or groups
  • Add push to a script with two form fields and one POST

Key endpoints

  • POST/messages.jsonSend a push notification to a user or group
  • GET/users/validate.jsonValidate a user/group key and device
  • GET/sounds.jsonList available notification sounds
  • POST/glances.jsonPush a glance update to wearables/widgets
Members

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Tags

notificationspushalertsmobileops