| 24 May 2025 |
emily |
Google’s and Apple’s security model for mobile push notifications does not allow self-hosted Zulip servers to directly send mobile notifications to the Zulip mobile apps. The Zulip Mobile Push Notification Service solves this problem by forwarding mobile push notifications generated by your server to the Zulip mobile apps.
| 10:25:13 |
emily | https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/mobile-push-notifications.html | 10:25:16 |
emily | I think it's okay to rely on a central server for push. | 10:25:21 |
emily | Matrix clients already do. | 10:25:24 |
emily | it looks like we can still self-host Zulip. | 10:25:32 |
emily | maybe that functionality didn't exist previously? | 10:25:47 |
K900 |
To access the Mobile Push Notification Service, organizations with more than 10 users must upgrade to a paid plan
| 10:26:29 |
emily | is that going to be an issue? we pay for a lot of stuff | 10:26:52 |
emily | hmm it's pretty pricey :) | 10:27:05 |
emily | oh | 10:27:20 |
emily |
Free Standard plan eligibility Open-source projects
| 10:27:24 |
emily | no issue then? | 10:27:34 |
emily | we wouldn't get custom SSO but I doubt that's important if we have GitHub login. | 10:27:47 |
Cat | i should note that as far as i know also in Discord land some of the tech we use here on matrix has no equal. | 10:27:49 |
uep | standard is their cloud | 10:27:54 |
emily | yes but see above | 10:28:00 |
emily | oh wait I see what you mean | 10:28:08 |
Cat | Now yes they have a much higher attrition rate for spam acounts but its also actually due to platform rules. | 10:28:11 |
emily | there's paid self-hosted too | 10:28:12 |
emily | still:
Community plan eligibility Open-source projects
| 10:28:18 |
uep | yea | 10:28:18 |
Cat | as in Policy lists are illegal due to platform rules on discord as far as i remember hearing. | 10:28:26 |
Cat | or something stupid like that., | 10:28:32 |
emily | so it seems fine to me? | 10:28:35 |
emily | most likely we'd get it for free | 10:28:38 |
emily | even if it's not strictly part of the plan there are Zulip people who are Nixpkgs contributors too :P | 10:28:49 |
emily | (it's not clear what the Community plan includes) | 10:29:10 |
emily |
Organizations that have up to 10 users, or do not require mobile push notifications, will likely find the Free plan to be the most convenient option. Larger organizations are encouraged to apply for the Community plan, which includes unlimited push notifications and support for many Zulip features.
| 10:29:15 |
emily | okay yeah it includes push notifications | 10:29:20 |
uep | yeah it's not in the list i'm looking at | 10:29:23 |