GitHub - afrianjunior/pushr: 🚀 Send notifications to Discord, Telegram & more from your CLI

A simple, powerful CLI tool for sending notifications across multiple platforms

💡 Why pushr?

In today's fast-paced development world, staying informed about your applications, deployments, and system events is crucial. Whether you're:

🔄 Deploying applications and need to notify your team
📊 Monitoring systems and want alerts in your favorite chat platform
🤖 Running automated scripts that need to report their status
🎯 Building CI/CD pipelines with notification requirements

pushr makes it incredibly easy to send notifications to Discord, Telegram, and other platforms with a single, unified command-line interface. No more juggling multiple APIs, webhook URLs, or platform-specific tools!

✨ Features

🎯 Multi-platform support: Discord, Telegram (more coming soon!)
🚀 Zero-config start: Automatic setup on first run
💻 Cross-platform: Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows
🔧 Flexible configuration: JSON-based config with environment variable support
🎨 Rich formatting: Support for markdown, embeds, and platform-specific features
📦 Easy installation: Use with npx - no global installation required
🔒 Secure: Keep your tokens safe in local configuration

🚀 Quick Start

Using npx (Recommended)

The easiest way to get started is with npx - no installation required!

# First run - automatically creates configuration
npx pushr

# After configuration, send your first notification
npx pushr -m "Hello from pushr! 🎉"

Installation

If you prefer to install globally:

📋 Configuration

On your first run, pushr will automatically create a configuration file at ~/.pushr/config.json. Here's what you need to set up:

Discord Setup

Create a Discord application at Discord Developer Portal
Create a bot and copy the bot token
Invite the bot to your server with "Send Messages" permission
Get your channel ID (enable Developer Mode in Discord, right-click channel → Copy ID)

Telegram Setup

Create a bot by messaging @BotFather on Telegram
Copy the bot token
Add the bot to your channel/group
Get your chat ID (you can use @userinfobot)

Example Configuration

{
  "platforms": {
    "discord": {
      "token": "your_discord_bot_token",
      "channels": {
        "alerts": "123456789012345678",
        "general": "987654321098765432"
      }
    },
    "telegram": {
      "token": "your_telegram_bot_token",
      "channels": {
        "alerts": "-1001234567890",
        "general": "@your_channel_username"
      }
    }
  },
  "defaults": {
    "platform": "discord",
    "channel": "general"
  }
}

🎯 Usage

Basic Usage

# Send to default platform and channel
npx pushr -m "Deployment completed successfully! ✅"

# Send to specific platform
npx pushr --discord -m "Server is back online"
npx pushr --telegram -m "Build finished"

# Send to specific channel
npx pushr --discord --channel alerts -m "Critical error detected!"

Advanced Usage

# Dry run (see what would be sent without actually sending)
npx pushr --dry-run -m "Test message"

# Send with custom formatting (Discord)
npx pushr --discord -m "**Bold text** and *italic text*"

# Send to multiple platforms (coming soon!)
npx pushr --all -m "Important announcement"

Environment Variables

You can override the config file location using:

export PUSHR_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/your/config.json

Command Line Options

Usage: pushr [options]

Options:
  -m, --message <text>     Message to send (required)
  --discord               Send to Discord
  --telegram              Send to Telegram
  --channel <name>        Target channel name
  --channelID <id>        Direct channel/chat ID
  --format <type>         Message format (plain, markdown, embed)
  --silent                Silent mode (no output)
  --config <path>         Custom config file path
  --dry-run              Show what would be sent without sending
  -h, --help             Show help
  -v, --version          Show version

🛠️ Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/juunnx/pushr.git
cd pushr
npm install

Build

Test locally

# Test the built CLI
node dist/index.js --help

# Test with npx
npm pack
npm install -g pushr-*.tgz

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! Whether it's:

🐛 Bug reports
💡 Feature requests
📖 Documentation improvements
🔧 Code contributions

Please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Adding New Platforms

Want to add support for Slack, Microsoft Teams, or other platforms? Check out our contribution guide for details on how to implement new platform integrations.

📚 Examples

CI/CD Integration

# GitHub Actions
- name: Notify deployment
  run: npx pushr --discord --channel deployments -m "🚀 Production deployment completed for ${{ github.sha }}"

# GitLab CI
script:
  - npx pushr --telegram -m "✅ Pipeline $CI_PIPELINE_ID completed successfully"

System Monitoring

# Cron job for disk space monitoring
0 */6 * * * /usr/bin/npx pushr -m "💾 Disk usage: $(df -h / | awk 'NR==2{print $5}')"

# Docker container health check
npx pushr --discord --channel alerts -m "🐳 Container $CONTAINER_NAME is healthy"

Development Workflow

# After successful tests
npm test && npx pushr -m "✅ All tests passed!"

# Database backup completion
pg_dump mydb > backup.sql && npx pushr -m "💾 Database backup completed"

🔒 Security

🔐 Tokens are stored locally in your home directory
🚫 No data is sent to external services except the target platforms
🛡️ Configuration files have restricted permissions (600)
🔍 Use --dry-run to verify messages before sending

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Built with Bun for blazing fast performance
Powered by yargs for excellent CLI experience
Inspired by the need for simple, unified notifications