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Apprise allows you to send a notification to almost all of the most popular notification services available to us today such as: Telegram, Discord, Slack, Amazon SNS, Gotify, etc.

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Still maintained? Yes: 126 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.1.0 (Oct 2026).

Comparisons in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: Slack alternatives, WhatsApp alternatives, Microsoft Teams alternatives, Discord alternatives.

Docker #6 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems

At a glance

Apprise quick facts

Health score
97/100 GOOD
Stars
17,675
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v2.1.0, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View caronc/apprise on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "To inform or tell (someone). To make one aware of something."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Apprise scores 97/100, #6 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: 126 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.1.0, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 17,675 stars add 17.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 3.0 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    126 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v2.1.0 released 6 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 17.0 / 20

    18k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

303 commits over the last 12 months
126
Last 90 days
303
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #6 of 44 tools in Communication - Custom Communication Systems by health , between ntfy (#5) and Gotify (#7) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsPython, Docker, deb
Latest releasev2.1.0 · 6 days ago
Stars17,675
Open issues10
DockerYes
Repositorycaronc/apprise ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Apprise vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Apprise (Communication - Custom Communication Systems), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Rocket.Chat 99 46k MIT today
Mattermost 98 39k ⊘ Proprietary today
Novu 98 40k MIT today
ntfy 98 35k Apache-2.0 today
Apprise (this tool) 97 18k MIT today
PushBits 30 371 ISC 10 months ago

Apprise: common questions

Is Apprise still maintained?

Apprise had 126 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.1.0, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.