How can I send a push notification without creating an account?
The easiest way is Lert. Download the app, copy your link, and POST to it — no sign-up, no email, no password. The link itself is the credential, so you can push a notification the instant the app opens.
Most notification services put an account in the way: create a login, verify an email, maybe confirm a phone number, then dig a token out of a dashboard. Lert was designed to skip all of it. When you open the app, it generates a private link that belongs only to you. That link is your authentication — there's no separate account behind it, nothing to log into, and nothing you have to remember.
No account, no sign-up — under 30 seconds
- Download the app. Open it once. You are never asked to register.
- Copy your link. Your private link is waiting on screen — one tap copies it.
- Give it to your app or AI. Paste it into your code or a webhook field and start sending.
No inbox to check, no confirmation email, no password manager entry. Just a link that works.
Send one — no token, no login
curl -X POST "https://lert.dev/p/your-id" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"title":"No account needed","body":"This just worked"}'
Notice there's no Authorization header and no API key in the request. The secret is the link itself, so keep it private — anyone with it can notify your phone. Need to rotate it? The app can hand you a fresh one.
Why no account is better: nothing to sign up for means nothing to leak, nothing to reset, and nothing tying your notifications to a profile. Compare that to Pushover or a Telegram bot, both of which need a registered account first. See also the no-API-key version.
Common ways people use it
- When an AI agent finishes a task
- When a deploy finishes
- From a small app you vibe-coded
- When a cron job runs
It's free for one channel and 50 notifications a day; Lert Pro is $2.99/month for unlimited. See the docs for the full API.
Send your first one in 30 seconds.
Download Lert, copy your link, POST to it. No account required.