# Self-Hosted Push Notifications with Ntfy on iOS

DevFeed: [Self-Hosted Push Notifications with Ntfy on iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/self-hosted-push-notifications-with-ntfy-on-ios-10735.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://noted.lol/ntfy/>)

Author: Jeremy

Published: 2026-02-16T12:31:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Noted](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/noted.md>)

Topics: [push-notification](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/push-notification.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [Docker Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-compose.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [SSL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssl.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [push-notification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/push-notification.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [self-hosted-web-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted-web-tools.md>), [ssl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssl.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial for setting up the self-hosted ntfy notification service on iOS. It explains how forwarding poll requests from a self-hosted server to ntfy.sh can provide near-instant notifications despite iOS background activity limits, then covers Docker Compose, HTTPS/SSL, configuration, and upstream settings.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to set up ntfy, a self-hosted push notification service, on iOS with a simple workaround. Explore how ntfy makes notifications easy, reliable, and fully open source.