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ntfy MCP Server

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ntfy runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 45 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Oct 2026.

Publish ntfy notifications, read the message cache, and manage users and topic access

Installs per day peak 12 · avg 6 · +24% w/w
a month agotoday
45
Installs / week
npm · @ni-c/ntfy-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
15 Oct 2026
Last commit
3 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check ntfy every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ntfy-mcp -- npx -y @ni-c/ntfy-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ntfy-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/ntfy-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ntfy-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ni-c/ntfy-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ntfy-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/ntfy-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ntfy-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/ntfy-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: NTFY_URL (Base URL of the ntfy server, e.g. https://ntfy.example.net. There is deliberately no default.), NTFY_TOKEN (ntfy access token (tk_...). Optional: an open instance needs no credentials. Mutually exclusive with NTFY_USERNAME/NTFY_PASSWORD.), NTFY_USERNAME (Username for basic authentication. Must be set together with NTFY_PASSWORD.), NTFY_PASSWORD (Password for basic authentication. Must be set together with NTFY_USERNAME.), NTFY_TOPICS (Comma-separated topics the server may use. The first is the default when a tool omits one, and the list restricts every read and write tool.), NTFY_READ_ONLY (Set to exactly true to register only the six read tools (default: false — ntfy exists to publish)), NTFY_INSECURE_TLS (Set to true to accept a self-signed certificate from the ntfy server (default: false)), NTFY_ALLOW_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)), NTFY_DENY_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever the allow list left). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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ntfy — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for ntfy?
ntfy runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @ni-c/ntfy-mcp was installed 45 times last week.
How do I connect ntfy?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @ni-c/ntfy-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use ntfy?
The npm package @ni-c/ntfy-mcp was installed 45 times in the last week. Week over week that is +24%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is ntfy open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.