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What it does

Push Notifications lets you reach your users on iOS, Android, and the web without running your own APNs/FCM infrastructure — configure your platform credentials once from the dashboard, then send from the dashboard or the REST API.
  • Native delivery. Apple Push Notification service (APNs) directly on iOS — no Firebase required — Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) on Android, and standard Web Push (VAPID) in the browser — no Firebase or OneSignal account needed there either.
  • Target specific devices, or a whole topic. Send to one or more registered device tokens, or to every device subscribed to a topic (a topic is created automatically the first time a device subscribes to it — no dashboard setup required to start using one).
  • Target a user on every device. Call setUser in each of your apps after login, then send to your own user IDs with externalUserIds: one request reaches that person on iOS, Android, web and macOS. See Identify users.
  • Custom sound. Set a custom notification sound per send, so long as the sound file is already bundled inside your app.
  • Rich images. Attach an imageUrl to show a rich image in the notification — works out of the box on Android; iOS needs a one-time Notification Service Extension setup step.
  • Custom metadata. Attach arbitrary JSON data to a notification — the SDK delivers it back to the device as payload.metadata, for routing taps to a specific screen, for example.
  • Send from the dashboard or the API. Compose and send from the Send notification tab, or call the REST API from your own backend.

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Dashboard tabs

Each project’s Notifications section in the dashboard has:

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Get started

Flutter

Configure notifications and topics — iOS, Android, and Web, one package.

iOS (Swift)

Native APNs push for apps with no Flutter involved.

Web

Browser push notifications with the JS SDK, for non-Flutter web apps.

NestJS (backend)

Send, schedule, update and unsend notifications from your server with a typed client.

REST API

Send notifications directly from your backend.
More framework guides are on the way — see the Getting Started page for current platform availability.