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Gotify Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Gotify hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted push notification server on your own domain. Deploy Gotify and xCloud runs the pinned official image as one container, publishes the web interface and API over HTTPS, creates the admin account from the username and password you enter, and keeps messages, applications and users in one SQLite database on a persistent volume. Sign in, create an application, and send your first alert with a single curl request.

  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Gotify?

Self-hosted Gotify is a push notification server written in Go. Upstream describes it as a simple server for sending and receiving messages in real time: senders use a REST API, receivers get messages over a WebSocket, and you manage users, clients and applications, with plugins available. It can take the place of a hosted push service such as Pushover, and it is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the template runs gotify/server 2.9.1 as a single container with SQLite, so there is no separate database service. The gotify_data volume holds the database and uploaded notification icons. The admin username and password come from the install form, and receivers include the web interface, the Android app and any HTTP client. Each sender gets its own application token, so you can tell where a message came from.

Simple Steps To Launch Your Gotify Server In Minutes

Self-hosting Gotify normally means a Docker container, a persistent volume, a domain and a certificate before the first alert arrives. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Choose Your Server

    Pick an xCloud managed server or connect your own provider, then set it up as a Docker server. Gotify's template requires one.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    Open One Click Apps and choose Gotify. Add your domain and an admin username and password. We provision the container with its data on a persistent volume, and issue a free SSL certificate.

  3. Step 03

    Go Live And Send Your First Alert

    Open your domain and sign in as admin. Create an application to get a token, then send a test message with a single curl request.

A Pushover Replacement Built For The Alerts You Already Send

Gotify takes a message over a REST API and hands it to every connected client in real time. What's different from a hosted push service is that the messages, applications and users sit on your own server.

  • Applications & Tokens

    Give every sender its own application and token, so you can see where a message came from and revoke one sender without touching the rest.

  • REST API

    Send a message with one HTTP POST from curl, a cron job, a CI step or any language with an HTTP client. No SDK needed.

  • Realtime Delivery

    Connected clients hold a WebSocket open to your server and receive messages as they arrive, with no third-party push service in the path.

  • Message Priority

    Set a title, message and priority on every alert, so the client knows how loudly to announce it.

  • Users & Clients

    Admin and standard users, each with their own clients, so one instance can cover a whole team.

  • Your Own Database

    Messages, applications and users live in SQLite on a persistent volume on your server. Nothing is relayed through anyone else.

Everything You Need To Run Your Notifications 24/7

Managed hosting for Gotify, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

  • Gotify deployed and configured for you
  • Free SSL certificate, issued and renewed
  • Scheduled Docker backups included
  • Security patching & monitoring included
  • 30+ global server locations
  • 24/7/365 expert support
  • Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Gotify

  • Alerts from scripts and cron jobs

    A sysadmin sends a message with one HTTP request at the end of a script or cron job, and sees it arrive in the web interface or on the Android app.

  • One token per sender

    A homelab owner creates an application for each service, so every sender has its own token and one noisy sender can be revoked without touching the rest.

  • Notifications from CI and monitoring

    A developer points a CI step or a monitoring tool at the message endpoint, and failures reach the team through clients they already have open.

  • A private notification inbox

    A small team keeps its messages, applications and users in one SQLite database on its own server instead of a hosted push service.

Gotify vs Alternatives

Pushover
Pushover is a hosted push service. Looking for a Gotify alternative to Pushover? Gotify keeps messages, applications and users on your own server, with senders and receivers you create yourself.
ntfy
ntfy is a notification service with its own OneClick page. Gotify vs ntfy comes down to the model: Gotify uses applications with tokens that send, and clients that receive, backed by SQLite.
Email alerts
Email can carry alerts too. Gotify gives alerts their own place, with a title, message and priority sent over a REST API instead of an SMTP setup.
Hosted push services
Hosted push services run on the provider's infrastructure. With Gotify the web interface, API and database run on a server you control, and receivers connect to it directly.

Simple Pricing For Your Gotify ServerEverything Included

Add applications, users and clients without changing the plan. Three dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Gotify.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Gotify plus the rest of your alerting stack.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

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Run monitoring and other apps on the same server.

$59.99per month

  • 16 GB RAM
  • 6 vCPU cores
  • 200 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

A full self-hosted toolbox beside your notifications.

$84.99per month

  • 24 GB RAM
  • 8 vCPU cores
  • 300 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in. Delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account.

Docker hosting

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS (DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal) and deploy Gotify on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

Free

Start your journey without cost.

$0forever

  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
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Starter

Most popular

Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Notifications?

Managed Gotify hosting keeps your alerts on infrastructure you control, with a flat monthly cost and no per-message fees.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Gotify free and open source?

Yes. Gotify is MIT licensed and its source is open on GitHub, so there is nothing to buy for the software. What you rent from xCloud is the dedicated Cloud VPS underneath it. This template adds no paid edition of Gotify and ships the same image anyone can pull.

Can I run Gotify with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Gotify Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts the gotify/server 2.9.1 image as one container, proxies its port 80 behind HTTPS on your domain, mounts the gotify_data volume at /app/data, and checks the version endpoint to confirm it is healthy.

How much RAM does Gotify need?

Very little: the manifest declares 128 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 1 GB of disk for a single Go container on SQLite. The 6 GB Cloud VPS this page sells is a Gotify cloud install with room for everything else you run. Message history and connected clients are what grow.

How do I send a message to Gotify?

Sign in, open Apps, create an application and copy its token. Then post to your domain with curl, for example sending a title and message to the message endpoint with that token. The template README includes a ready-made test command with a title and a message.

Is there an iOS app for Gotify?

The template README lists the web interface, the Android app and any HTTP client as receivers. It names no iOS app, so this page does not promise one. If you need iPhone delivery, check the upstream clients page before you deploy and plan around it.

Which tools can send notifications to Gotify?

Anything that can make an HTTP request: scripts, cron jobs, CI steps and monitoring tools. Each sender uses an application token and posts a title and message. The template README names scripts, CI and cron, and upstream lists plugins for further integrations.

What is the difference between app tokens and user tokens?

An application token authenticates a sender, such as a script or a monitor, and you create one per sender so you can revoke it alone. A user token, created as a client under Users, authenticates a receiver such as your phone or a browser.

How do I back up Gotify?

Back up the gotify_data volume as one unit. It holds gotify.db, the SQLite database with your messages, applications and users, and the images folder of uploaded notification icons. Restore both together, and test a restore on a spare server before relying on the copy.

Backup and Restore Docker Apps

How do I update Gotify?

Your install stays on its pinned 2.9.1 version until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the gotify_data volume first, read the upstream release notes, then adopt the newer version. Gotify applies its database migrations itself when the container starts.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.

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