apprise ☆

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Description:
Send notifications from the command-line to popular notification services

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.9.6@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: notifications messaging automation devops alerting

Install: brew install apprise

About:
Apprise is a command-line tool and Python library designed to send notifications to a wide range of supported services. It acts as a unified interface, allowing users to send alerts to Slack, Discord, Telegram, email, and many other platforms using simple URLs. This eliminates the need to integrate multiple SDKs for different notification services.

Key Features:

Supports over 100 notification services including Slack, Discord, and Telegram
Simple URL-based configuration for easy setup
Stateless and lightweight Python implementation
Can be triggered via CLI, API, or system events

Use Cases:

Sending system alerts from servers or scripts to team chat channels
Automating notifications for backup jobs or cron tasks
Integrating with monitoring tools to alert on infrastructure issues

Alternatives:

ntfy – Ntfy focuses heavily on simplicity and uses a pub-sub model, whereas Apprise offers broader integration with existing commercial services.
Pushover – Pushover is a specific service with a native app, while Apprise is a multi-protocol aggregator that can use Pushover as a backend.

License: BSD-3-Clause

Dependencies: certifi, libyaml, python@3.14

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 5, 2025 9:17pm	1	VERSION_BUMP	b0e371c0
Sep 30, 2025 4:51pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	0004ab66
Sep 13, 2025 8:19am	0	VERSION_BUMP	2c4c906a
Jan 9, 2025 9:17am	0	VERSION_BUMP	9f3f30e3
Jan 2, 2025 6:49am	0	VERSION_BUMP	4a897157
Dec 18, 2024 2:18am	0	VERSION_BUMP	9f8c3079
Oct 12, 2024 6:06pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	bd63cfe8
Oct 12, 2024 1:12pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	125a3331