This can be done via a Telegram bot. Advantages include.
* Completely free, for any number of users. Great if you want i.e. internal notifications in a small, underfunded organization, or even 2FA codes. This might not be the best option security-wise, but has a lot of advantages if you want to prevent intentional account sharing, for example.
* Syncs across all platforms, including your own (the Telegram client API is available free of charge, although it is not easy to use)
* Extremely simple API, to the point of being able to play with it in a browser or via CURL. This is in contrast to the client API, which doesn't even use HTTP and runs on top of custom crypto protocols.
* All the features you might expect from a messaging service, including file attachments, receiving user input (for quickly dealing with alerts from your phone), muting specific notification bots, including for specific amounts of time, full message history etc.
I was tired of setting up channels and playing around with the telegram/slack API for every new project I started so I just thought I build my own version of it and made it super simple with just one AJAX call.
I have some plans for it and there'll be more features coming in the future.
Awesome! I'm a little concerned about the pricing though - while lifetime membership sounds great, I'm afraid this could end up something like a "pyramid scheme" where my membership is reliant on revenue from new users to stay alive. I'd much rather pay $5/month or so for something like this.
I definitely see your point. It actually started as a $9/month, but changed it because I myself was getting tired of everything being monthly payments. But it's not the first time I hear your argument and am actually thinking about going back to a monthly fee because people tend to lean more towards it.
I was actually looking for something like this not long ago. Was fed up I could find something easy like this seems to be. I actually went the route of developing micro swiftui app, but the learning curve was big for something so small.
* Completely free, for any number of users. Great if you want i.e. internal notifications in a small, underfunded organization, or even 2FA codes. This might not be the best option security-wise, but has a lot of advantages if you want to prevent intentional account sharing, for example.
* Syncs across all platforms, including your own (the Telegram client API is available free of charge, although it is not easy to use)
* Extremely simple API, to the point of being able to play with it in a browser or via CURL. This is in contrast to the client API, which doesn't even use HTTP and runs on top of custom crypto protocols.
* All the features you might expect from a messaging service, including file attachments, receiving user input (for quickly dealing with alerts from your phone), muting specific notification bots, including for specific amounts of time, full message history etc.