Developers struggle to move app events and data between systems
Developers and self-hosting users want app events or data to reach local apps and other services, but the available integration surfaces are often missing or restrictive: requests include localhost alert delivery, non-Google push notifications, event streaming, and a REST API. The needs share an interoperability problem, but each depends on the source app exposing the relevant data or event in the first place, so a generic bridge cannot solve every case.
For developers integrating streaming, self-hosted, and indie apps. Mentioned from Aug 2021 to May 2025 on GitHub and Hacker News.
4 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 4.0/10
- Pain
- 6.0/10
- Frequency
- 5.8/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Professionals
- Competition
- Medium
- Build difficulty
- High
What people said
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Avoid the requirement for apps to need a cloud based server and be truly a standalone PC app. 1) Provide a way of getting alerts on localhost servers (aka nodejs)
I recently moved to use the f-droid version and didn't notice after a few days that I lost all my notifications, I think for now I will sadly need to go back to Google Play
Build brief
See what to build and who will buy it
- 2 product ideas with the smallest useful version and pricing
- 5 places to find your first customers
- 2 more quotes from people who have this problem
- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks