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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 platformRate limits
10,000 messages/month pooled across a user's application tokens; remaining quota returned in response headers. No fixed RPS published.Auth
API keyBase URL
https://api.pushover.net/1What 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