NTBX
ntfy & MQTT alerts in menu bar
Only for Mac
Free
Mac
New in 1.4.0: Keep your ntfy and MQTT message history without a count limit. Clear any topic's local history when you choose, without affecting other topics.
NTBX turns ntfy topics and MQTT brokers into native macOS notifications.
It is a menu bar app: no Dock icon, no window to keep in front. Subscribe once, and every message arrives in Notification Center with its title, priority, tags and topic — and stays in a focused inbox you can search.
NATIVE, NOT A WEB WRAPPER
• Real macOS notifications with priority-aware sound and alert style
• view, copy and HTTP action buttons on the message and in Notification Center
• Attachments saved to the folder you choose, never automatically
• In-place notification updates when a message is cleared or replaced
• Menu bar icon shows live connection status and unread count
• Launch at login through Apple's Service Management
• Light, dark and system appearance
NTFY, YOUR SERVER OR OURS
• Any HTTPS ntfy server: ntfy.sh or your own self-hosted instance
• Bearer tokens stored in the macOS Keychain, never in preferences
• Per-topic access, reconnect with `since` so nothing is missed twice
• Click links open in your default browser after a safety check
MQTT 3.1.1, THE WAY YOU RUN IT
• mqtt:// and mqtts:// brokers, plus ws:// and wss:// for WebSocket brokers
• Topic filters with + and # wildcards
• QoS 0 and QoS 1 subscriptions with persistent sessions
• Username and password authentication, password kept in the Keychain
• Custom or generated Client ID, deterministic session reset when a setting changes
• Non-UTF-8 payloads either skipped or shown as Base64, your choice
• Retained messages are ignored, so old state never re-notifies you
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Sandboxed with a hardened runtime
• No account, no analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs
• Tokens and passwords live in the macOS Keychain; endpoints and the last 20 messages per subscription stay on your Mac
• ntfy requires HTTPS; MQTT accepts mqtts:// and wss://, and warns before you use a plaintext broker
REQUIREMENTS
• macOS 14 or later
• An ntfy server and topic, an MQTT broker, or both — the review guide in App Store Connect points at demo endpoints you can try in a minute
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Keep more of your message history.
• No more 20-message limit: received ntfy and MQTT messages are now stored locally without a count cap and remain available after restarting NTBX.
• Busy topics no longer push older messages from other topics out of your local history.
• Clear a topic's local message history from its subscription settings, with a confirmation before deletion. Other topics and messages on the server are unaffected.
The developer, xu zhangxuan, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- xu zhangxuan
- Size
- 5.2 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
- Copyright
- © 2026 Zhangxuan Xu
