Yes. Gotify is open source under the MIT licence, and so are its Android app and command-line client. Running it on your own server costs nothing beyond the server.

How do I sign in the first time?

Sign in as admin with the password the panel generated and showed you after Create application. Gotify creates this account on its first start only, so changing the environment variables later does nothing. Change the password in the web interface under Users.

How do I send a message?

In the web interface, open Apps and create an application, then copy its token: Gotify shows it only once. Send a POST request to https:// followed by your domain and /message, with the token in the X-Gotify-Key header and a title, message and priority. The gotify CLI or any HTTP client works.

Can other people sign up?

No. The recipe keeps public registration off, which is also Gotify's default, so only the administrator creates users, under Users. Each user sees only the messages of the applications they created.

How much RAM does Gotify need?

Gotify publishes no minimum, so the table's 1 GB is Ubuntu Server's own minimum. Gotify itself needs very little: with a 128 MB limit it used 9 to 12 MB at idle and at most 17 MB on our test servers. You can change the container's memory under Memory limit.

Where are my messages kept?

On your server. The SQLite database, application images and plugins are in the /app/data Docker volume, so they survive container updates. Back that volume up. Gotify also supports MySQL and PostgreSQL, which a single notification server rarely needs.

Gotify on your own server, in one click.

Send notifications from your scripts, servers and apps with one HTTP request, and get them in the browser or on your Android phone with Gotify, on a server you own. ServerAvatar runs it in Docker and sets up the admin password, storage and HTTPS for you.

Web app and Android app
HTTPS on its own
Your server, your messages

Deploy Gotify See how it installs

Section 01What is Gotify

What is Gotify?

Gotify is an open-source server for sending and receiving messages, written in Go. Your scripts, servers and apps send a message with one HTTP request to its REST API, and Gotify delivers it in real time over a WebSocket to its web interface and its Android app.

Senders and receivers are kept apart: an application can only send messages, a client can only receive them, and each user sees only the messages of the applications they created. Running it on your own server means no third-party push service sees your alerts.

Free and open source (MIT)
REST API to send, WebSocket to receive
Written in Go, one container

Section 02Features

What you can do with Gotify

Send with one request
POST a title, a message and a priority to /message with an application token, from curl, any programming language or the gotify CLI.
Live in the browser
The web interface receives messages over a WebSocket, shows a browser notification for each one and plays a sound from priority 4 up.
The Android app
Get push notifications on your phone with the Gotify app from Google Play or F-Droid. The priority decides between silent, sound and vibration.
A token for each sender
Create an application for each script or server, each with its own token and image. Tokens are shown only once, and you can rotate them.
Markdown and click actions
Render a message as Markdown, open a link when the notification is tapped, or show a large image in the Android notification.
Users and single sign-on
The administrator creates users, and each one has their own applications and messages. Sign-in through an OpenID Connect provider is supported.

Section 03Requirements

What you need

A fresh Ubuntu server you can log in to as root. The installer checks all of this before it changes anything.

Gotify on Docker
Requirement	Gotify on Docker
Operating system	Ubuntu 24.04 or 26.04 LTS (x86-64)
CPU	1 core or more
RAM	1 GB or more
Disk	10 GB or more (25 GB recommended)
Containers	Gotify 3.1, SQLite built in
Ports	80 and 443 open

Gotify publishes no CPU or RAM minimum, so these are the floor for any server: 1 GB is Ubuntu Server's minimum memory. Disk: about 6.5 GB is in use once the panel and Gotify are installed on our test server; 25 GB is Ubuntu's recommendation.

Section 04Install

How to install Gotify

Every step happens in the ServerAvatar panel. No terminal needed.

Pick Gotify in 1-Click Recipes
On your server, open Applications, click Create application and search for Gotify under 1-Click Recipes.
Name it and choose a domain
Give the app a name and use your own domain, or a temporary one that works right away. The panel creates a system user for it.
Create it
Click Create application. The panel starts Gotify, turns HTTPS on and shows the admin username and the password it generated. Copy them somewhere safe.
Sign in and change the password
Open your domain and sign in as admin with the generated password; Gotify's usual admin / admin does not work. Change the password in the web interface under Users: the environment variables only create this first account, so changing them later does nothing. Then add an application under Apps and send your first message with its token.

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Gotify on your own server, in one click.

What is Gotify?

What you can do with Gotify

Send with one request

Live in the browser

The Android app

A token for each sender

Markdown and click actions

Users and single sign-on

What you need

How to install Gotify

Pick Gotify in 1-Click Recipes

Name it and choose a domain

Create it

Sign in and change the password