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Knock

Knock

Notification infrastructure for developers

Knock provides notification infrastructure — in-app, email, SMS, push, and Slack notifications through a single API. Workflow builder for complex notification logic.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

One API for all notification channels. The workflow builder handles complex routing and preferences elegantly.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Ship

Building notification infrastructure from scratch is surprisingly complex. Knock handles preferences, batching, and multi-channel delivery.

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

Notification infrastructure as a service will become standard. Every app needs it, nobody wants to build it.

Community Sentiment

Overall1,505 mentions
68% positive20% neutral12% negative
Hacker News278 mentions
67%22%11%

Notification infrastructure is one of those things you don't want to build yourself — Knock gets it

Reddit445 mentions
70%18%12%

Workflow builder for multi-channel notifications saved us weeks of backend work

Twitter/X620 mentions
65%22%13%

Single API for in-app, email, SMS, and Slack — exactly what notification infra should be

Product Hunt162 mentions
76%15%9%

Finally an abstraction that treats notifications as a product concern, not an afterthought