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Novu

Novu

Open-source notification infrastructure

Novu is an open-source notification infrastructure with in-app, email, SMS, push, and chat. Self-hostable with a visual workflow editor.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

Open-source Knock alternative. Self-hostable and the workflow editor is well-designed. React components for in-app notifications.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Ship

Open-source notification infrastructure you can self-host. The React in-app notification component saves significant development time.

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

Open-source notification infrastructure is the right approach. Novu's community contributions expand channel support.

Community Sentiment

Overall2,127 mentions
72% positive18% neutral10% negative
Hacker News412 mentions
72%18%10%

Finally a proper open-source alternative to Courier/Knock — the workflow editor is surprisingly polished

Reddit580 mentions
68%20%12%

Self-hosting is straightforward and the multi-channel support (email + in-app + push in one) saves so much glue code

Twitter/X890 mentions
74%16%10%

Replaced our custom notification system with Novu in a weekend, the React in-app component is clean

Product Hunt245 mentions
78%14%8%

The visual workflow editor makes it easy for non-engineers to manage notification logic