How to Install Gotify on macOS

Gotify is an open-source self-hosted push notification service that enables developers to send push notifications to various devices. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Gotify on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Gotify on macOS, you need the following dependencies installed on your system:

• Homebrew package manager
• Go programming language

If you don't have these dependencies installed on your macOS, you can install them by running the following commands in the terminal:

Install Homebrew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Install Go:

brew install go

Installation Steps

Once you have installed the required dependencies, you're ready to install Gotify on macOS. Follow the steps below:

1. Open the terminal and run the following command to download the Gotify server code from the GitHub repository:

go get github.com/gotify/server

2. Once the download is complete, navigate to the directory where the Gotify server code is downloaded. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

cd ~/go/src/github.com/gotify/server

3. Next, build the Gotify server program by running the following command:

go build .

4. After the build process is complete, you can start the Gotify server by running the following command:

./server

5. Once the server is running, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:80 to access the Gotify web interface.

Configuring Gotify

By default, Gotify will store its database in the same directory as the Gotify server program. You can change the location of the database by passing the database path as a command-line argument when starting the Gotify server.

For example, to store the Gotify database in /usr/local/var/gotify.db, you can start the Gotify server with the following command:

./server --dbpath /usr/local/var/gotify.db

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gotify on your macOS system. You can now use Gotify to send push notifications to various devices. For more information about using and configuring Gotify, please refer to the official Gotify documentation.

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