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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky

@bluenotify.app

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Free app to get push notifications for people you follow. Used by > 8000 people! Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.austinwitherspoon.bluenotify iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bluenotify/id6738239349 Web: web.bluenotify.app

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 4

BlueNotify is a free app that gives you notifications when your friends post on Bluesky!

You can customize exactly what type of posts you want notifications for, and even filter out certain keywords.

It's free for IOS, Android, and your browser. Links in my bio.

Screenshot of BlueNotify's Edit Notifications tab, featuring separate options for each user's notifications such as Post, Repost, Reply to somebody you follow, reply to anybody, and required or blocked words.

Screenshot of a bluenotify post notification.

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 21

Currently the notification history in bluenotify is the most recent 100 posts you received notifications for!

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 15

There shouldn't be any missing posts! DM me any posts that you should have received but didn't and I can take a look.

Unfortunately the bluesky app itself is responsible for deciding what to do when it opens a link to a post, so that definitely could have been something they changed recently

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 13

I'm a bit busy with another project right now, but this is a good idea and in a few weeks I'll try to take a look at doing it!

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 11

For those of you who had issues where bluesky's built in post notifications didn't take you to the post, that should be fixed now!

Samuel @samuel.fm · Jul 11

OTA fix is rolling out - now, when you tap on a push notification, they actually take you to the post/user/etc!

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 9

Uninstalling should take care of it!

BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 8

I've seen one of the bluesky developers post about #2, they're aware and looking into it

I bet #1 will happen eventually, but for me at least it was trickier than expected. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes them a few months to get that working.

BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 8

I'm just a guy! @austinwitherspoon.com

I'm working on a bunch of silly little video games, but nothing available publicly yet.

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Cody Bromley @codybrom.com · Jul 8

rip in pease 🥹

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 7

you might not need it anymore!

but the app will continue running and does have a few extra features that bluesky didn't add, so you're more than welcome to keep using it

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 7

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 7

BlueNotify will keep running for the foreseeable future!

But yeah, I'm assuming there will be MANY uninstalls coming soon. I can probably downsize to a cheaper server!

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 7

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 7

Bluesky officially has post notifications!

BlueNotify will continue to operate for the foreseeable future, but for those of you who don't like having a separate app, now you don't need to have it.

Bluesky @bsky.app · Jul 7

📢 1.104 is rolling out with new ways to personalize your notifications!

• Activity Notifications: Get push alerts from your favorite accounts
• Repost Notifications: See when someone likes or reposts something you’ve reposted
• New Notification Settings: Fine-tune which notifications you receive

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 1

Depending on what kind of phone you have, in your settings app if you find Bluesky you can check if there's an option to open links with it.

On my android it's Settings -> Apps -> Bluesky -> Open By default and I can choose whether the app opens bluesky links or if they should open in a web browser

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jul 1

Have you tried pressing the "Force Resync" button (or editing any of your notification settings) since moving to the new phone? That should be enough to cause the phone to re-register itself for notifications.

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 30

I worked really hard to make it really fast

(But also it's probably waaaayyy easier to do that with 8000 people than it is to do that with 30 million people)

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 23

I actually made an app to do this so I could see when my wife posts!

BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 18

Not currently. I can think more about adding this, but some people find the app in its current state too complicated, and I think this may make it too hard for some people.

But I'll think about it and see if there's any nice way of adding this that won't confuse people!

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 5

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 4

Long story short, it'll be much harder for them to add this but we'll probably get it in the near future, and I probably can't help a ton myself.

But if they're ever looking to hire an additional programmer who is excited about bluesky... 👀

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 4

As far as I know, it's super easy for ME to do this app because I can do whatever I want. The official team has a much harder job because they have to figure out how to do it in a way that integrates into atproto (that bsky runs on), which is a huge system that everybody has to agree on.

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 4

I'd always be more than happy to chat with them!

But honestly they have a solid dev team and there's nothing technically tricky about this app, and I've heard they're working on it (eventually)!

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 4

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BlueNotify - Post notification app for Bluesky @bluenotify.app · Jun 3

It's available in the app store for iPhones and androids, as well as having a web version if you want it on your computer. Links in my bio