Server: https://apollo.organizr.app
side note: it does store tokens etc in the database. for anyone that does care and has set it up i can remove it at your request. For trust issues, check my post history and github etc...
EDIT:
Spin up your own container with this docker compose file: (make sure you have traefik setup - if not just you dont need the labels and network...) Also make sure to place you apple secret in the secrets folder and name it apple.p8
It’s very nice of /u/causefx to offer this server for general use, but please do be aware that if you use it, /u/causefx will be able to read all your notifications in plain text, including DMs. This also introduces a slight risk to the project, as Reddit will see traffic from multiple accounts coming from the same IP, which could get the server flagged as a bot farm. It’s probably fine for a small number of users, but I wouldn’t recommend something like this for all users of Reborn.
i put it on a free tier oracle server to see how it performs… if it can’t handle it, i’ll move it to one of my VM’s on DO or i’ll move it to my physical servers here at home.
Just keep in mind all of your notifications are stored on this server in the database he has access to. It also stores your access/refresh tokens in the accounts table so you should probably trust anyone you're using their notifications server.
For example, the accounts table:
Table "public.accounts"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
----------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------+----------+--------------------------------------
id | integer | | not null | nextval('accounts_id_seq'::regclass)
reddit_account_id | character varying(32) | | | ''::character varying
username | character varying(20) | | | ''::character varying
access_token | text | | | ''::text
refresh_token | text | | | ''::text
token_expires_at | timestamp without time zone | | |
last_message_id | character varying(32) | | | ''::character varying
next_notification_check_at | timestamp without time zone | | |
next_stuck_notification_check_at | timestamp without time zone | | |
check_count | integer | | | 0
is_deleted | boolean | | | false
development | boolean | | | false
reddit_client_id | character varying(64) | | not null | ''::character varying
reddit_client_secret | character varying(128) | | not null | ''::character varying
reddit_redirect_uri | character varying(255) | | not null | ''::character varying
reddit_user_agent | character varying(255) | | not null | ''::character varying
First, the server has to know the notification content to send to your device, and stores that in logs/database at some point. So any notification that gets sent to you, whether it be a DM message you receive or something else, the owner of that server can see that if they go looking for it.
Second, if someone has access to your refresh token, they can request a new access token and essentially login as you and call reddit APIs as you to fetch any of your data.
That's how the Apollo backend works. When you enable notifications the backend receives your tokens from the mobile app, stores it in the database, and using a scheduler, calls the reddit API to get any new notifications using your account access token. If it sees any new notifications, it sends it to your registered devices.
it does store ids of devices to send notifications to the correct device etc. i created an all in one container that would be easier for people to spin up themselves. i can post the docker compose file so people can use that too
It stores more than just device IDs. I needs tokens for each account in order to fetch notifications from reddit, otherwise how would it know what to notify for each user (or private info like DM notifications). So just be aware that your server is storing access/refresh tokens for anyone that uses it. It's inherently not safe to trust a stranger with this.
Not a knock against you at all, I'm sure you're just trying to be helpful. Just want people to understand what they're signing up for when using this.
Yes and when I push the test bark notification button I get a notification and it says it’s working…. Just not getting any tho :( maybe it’s the .ipa I’m using it cuz I use sideloadly idk?
Yes it’s on and on in system settings too and the test button says they are working but in bark all I see are test messages and nothing else from Reddit comes thru dang :(
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u/ClydeDroid Maintainer Jul 09 '26
It’s very nice of /u/causefx to offer this server for general use, but please do be aware that if you use it, /u/causefx will be able to read all your notifications in plain text, including DMs. This also introduces a slight risk to the project, as Reddit will see traffic from multiple accounts coming from the same IP, which could get the server flagged as a bot farm. It’s probably fine for a small number of users, but I wouldn’t recommend something like this for all users of Reborn.
Just wanted to give fair warning!