Notification system ouputting to Android and Web browser on desktop ?

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eraser2

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#309235 30-Sep-2023 23:45

Hi all !

I am looking for a notification system that would work on both Android and Web browser in Desktop.

Historically, I was using Slack. I have a personal Slack workspace. I created a bunch of webhooks. My scripts can simply post on those webhook, eg: for work, a long running task fail. CI/CD failure, ... for home automation, baby room temperature under 18C, garage door opening, ... And I receive notification on my android phone or on my desktop with Slack open in Firefox. The bonus is that Slack know when you are active on desktop and not duplicating notification on the phone. All for free and pretty simple !

And then Slack stop supporting old Android (8.0 on my current phone). I don't want to change phone that completely fit my current need ! And there are no new phone that meet my requirement: 5 inch screen or less, decent hardware and Android (currently Samsung A3 2017)

So I am looking for alternative to Slack. Macrodroid app on my phone have webhook capability but then there is not Desktop notification.

Teams: fit most except the notification is sometime crap (both desktop and android). Can you have Teams for personal use with Webhook ? Can you have multi account open in Teams (like one for work, one for perso ?) without the need to actively switching to check for "activity" ?

Any suggestion ?

nzkc

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#3137255 1-Oct-2023 08:18

I think Discord will do what you want. Might have the same Android version issue though (you are going to hit this more and more).

An opensource one that you could also self host: Mattermost. Honestly there are quite a few opensource alternatives to Slack you could consider.

Gmail - Ok not _exactly_ what I think you want but the app notifies you when you have a new email. You could set up a new email address for your alerts.

BadCo

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#3137269 1-Oct-2023 09:21

For my homelab/selfhosted notifications I am using Gotify but will be changing to Ntfy. If you don't have a home server you could host these on an inexpensive VPS.

I'm not a fan of Discord, Teams, Slack etc for personal use for privacy, security and open reasons.

https://github.com/gotify

https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy

BlakJak

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#3137275 1-Oct-2023 10:05

So... you have a functional Slack based system and in your desire to continue using a non-supported Android release you want to completely change your underlying system?

Android 8 was released 6 years ago.

Pick up a phone that runs a current, supported and safer Android release and get on with your life. Engineering a solution to let you keep running a vulnerable platform is time wasted IMHO.

Unsupported devices are not safe to use on the Internet.

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BlakJak

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#3137276 1-Oct-2023 10:08

Unsupported for two years. Time to move on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Oreo

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mentalinc

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#3137352 1-Oct-2023 12:37

Suggest you ignore the screen size, and check actual dimensions (https://www.gsmarena.com/), as bezels basically don't exist any more

For example

A3 2017 - 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm - 4.7"

A54 2023 - 158.2 x 76.7 x 8.2 mm - 6.4"

There is 1.7" screen size difference, but its only 20mm higher, and 10mm wide, 0.3mm thicker!

Per above it's just not safe to run a phone that old, with so much control of your house!

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eraser2

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#3137488 1-Oct-2023 20:19

nzkc:

I think Discord will do what you want. Might have the same Android version issue though (you are going to hit this more and more).

An opensource one that you could also self host: Mattermost. Honestly there are quite a few opensource alternatives to Slack you could consider.

Gmail - Ok not _exactly_ what I think you want but the app notifies you when you have a new email. You could set up a new email address for your alerts.

Thanks for the reply. I had a look at Discord based on your recommendation and it does look very similar to Slack both in term of features (that I need) and even the UI !

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eraser2

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#3137489 1-Oct-2023 20:22

BadCo: For my homelab/selfhosted notifications I am using Gotify but will be changing to Ntfy. If you don't have a home server you could host these on an inexpensive VPS.

I'm not a fan of Discord, Teams, Slack etc for personal use for privacy, security and open reasons.

https://github.com/gotify

https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy

Ntfy looks very promessing ! Simple and just do notification on android and desktop. Exactly what I need !! And plus it's opensource !

eraser2

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#3137497 1-Oct-2023 21:16

Wow: $1200 https://buymobile.co.nz/products/asus-zenfone-10-ai2302-dual-sim-8gb-ram-128gb-5g?variant=40045319913566

The price for having a small phone up to date :-( and only last 2 years ...