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ntfy.sh v2.18.0 was written by AI (github.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ueiqkkwhuwjw@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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According to the release:

Adds experimental PostgreSQL support

The code was written by Cursor and Claude

14,997 added lines of code, and 10,202 lines removed

reviewed and heavily tested over 2-3 weeks

This makes me uneasy, especially as ntfy is an internet facing service. I am now looking for alternatives.

Am I overreacting or do you all share the same concern?

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[–] exu@feditown.com 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Do you know any? I've never really looked beyond ntfy.sh until now

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gotify is supposedly a good alternative. Looking into it myself now.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

Gotify is not UP compatible still AFAIK. That's why I went to ntfy.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago

I only know NextPush (Nextcloud App), but there is also something called Autopush I think?

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There's SunUp on F-droid, but I don't know anything about them.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's from Mozilla, another AI company...

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Ugh, seriously? Great...

(Edit) I don't think this is true? They use Mozilla's push services, but nothing about their Codeberg repo (yes, it's on Codeberg, not Github) indicates they're part of Mozilla.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Read the README

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Self-host

It is possible to host your own Autopush server. Autopush is designed to work with Google BigTable but it is also possible to use it with redis.

For this:

  1. Clone Autopush

# mozilla-services/autopush-rs

Autopush-rs

Mozilla Push server built with Rust.

By using Sunup, your are going to have to trust Mozilla.

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I already acknowledged they're using a Mozilla service. My comment was about the claim that they're owned by Mozilla. What the fuck happened to reading comprehension?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The app itself might be fine, but you are either using the Mozilla services or the backend written by Mozilla. Sadly Mozilla has lost all the good will it had and is just another silicon valley AI company these days, and seems to prefer it that way.

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sure. All I said was that it doesn't actually seem to be run by Mozilla, like you implied it was.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The push service is run by Mozilla. Master of reading comprehension, I bow to you.

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Then why is Sunup and only Sunup on Codeberg, not Github where the rest of Mozilla's code is kept? And why is it not under any sort of official Mozilla branding?

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sunup is simply a client app for Android. It does not do anything on its own.

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

So we're in agreement. Not sure why you're trying to argue with me, then.

[–] TrustedTyrant@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I recently switched to gotify. Push notifications to iOS aren’t as good but I’m happy with it.

[–] dabe@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

ntfy never really had good push to iOS, in my experience. The only way I could keep my private channels consistently working was to use the PWA and specifically not sign into it (otherwise, my login token would expire and break things).

I gave up and switched to pushover and as long as I’m somewhat cognizant about what i’m including in the notifications, I’ve been pretty happy.

I’d love for something self hostable to get as good as pushover on iOS