DoNotNotify
Productivity
notification management
SHOW HN2026
347points
168comments
#105of 4,366 in 2026
Top 3%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 19 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Privacy: 1 for, 15 againstIdea: 11 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Runs on-device and never phones home.
From 1 comment
Love the on-device approach. The fact that it never phones home is a huge differentiator — most "utility" apps these days are just data collection with a feature attached. The…
aydin212 on HN
Rule-based filtering is useful for marketing notifications.
From 2 comments
This is great! Looking forward to using it. Especially the rule-based filtering function, as my biggest sore spot with notifications are the few handful of highly functional apps…
hobofan on HNLove the on-device approach. The fact that it never phones home is a huge differentiator — most "utility" apps these days are just data collection with a feature attached. The…
aydin212 on HN
Objections
Closed source; users want it open-sourced before trusting it with OTPs and messages.
From 3 comments
I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must…
Draiken on HNAs others pointed out: This >needs< to be open source, no way i touch another abandonware/ adware android project.
jFriedensreich on HNThe wild part about all these notification-firewall concepts is that we keep re‑creating the same tool in closed source. Why not ship it as open source, charge for the hosted…
tamara_olive on HN
BuzzKill already does this and is more feature-rich.
From 2 comments
Congratulations on the launch OP. I'm currently using BuzzKill[1] for managing notifications on android. It's so good (and beautiful) that even though I use iPhone as primary…
Abishek_Muthian on HNthere is a very similar app with much bigger history and (obviously) greater reputation: BuzzKill. [0] it's paid, available on Google Play, has tons of features and then some.…
bpavuk on HN
Requests
Open-source the code.
From 3 comments
Looks interesting. Good work. Do you have plans to open source the code?
thecosmicfrog on HNI would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must…
Draiken on HNThe wild part about all these notification-firewall concepts is that we keep re‑creating the same tool in closed source. Why not ship it as open source, charge for the hosted…
tamara_olive on HN
Publish on F-Droid.
From 2 comments
I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must…
Draiken on HNwhen will it be available through fdroid?
myworkaccount2 on HN
Notification digest or batching option.
From 2 comments
My approach to this problem is to not install apps that could be websites, and to remove apps that send me useless notifications. Some apps use notification categories, which…
Zak on HNI recently played around with a similar idea, but with the added feature that notifications would be sent together in a single notification from the app at scheduled times,…
elias1233 on HN
Questions
Does it work for persistent notifications such as VPN ones?
From 1 comment
Tried with Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 to hide the VPN and DNS notification from Android System notification service but it does not work.
Multrex on HN
Is there an iOS equivalent?
From 1 comment
Is there anything like this for iOS? Or is something like this impossible for a 3rd party to do on iOS?
drewg123 on HN
Alternatives named
BuzzKill
From 3 comments
Congratulations on the launch OP. I'm currently using BuzzKill[1] for managing notifications on android. It's so good (and beautiful) that even though I use iPhone as primary…
Abishek_Muthian on HNthere is a very similar app with much bigger history and (obviously) greater reputation: BuzzKill. [0] it's paid, available on Google Play, has tons of features and then some.…
bpavuk on HNI use an app called BuzzKill on Android for achieving this and many more things. I usually keep my notification bar at an absolute minimum when it comes to the number of…
princevegeta89 on HN
FilterBox
From 1 comment
A couple years back I was looking for this sort of solution and ended up paying money to buy FilterBox which I've found to be good. There are certain apps that I would love to be…
Mattwmaster58 on HN
Tasker with AutoNotification
From 1 comment
Android (at least on Pixel) recently added a notification spam detection system, under the name "Notification Organizer". Unfortunately they don't let you block the spam, only…
modeless on HN
Before Launcher
From 1 comment
The Before Launcher for Android has a notification filter as well, and is a great simple launcher. It doesn't let you create rules, but you can enable/disable each app's…
0xbadcafebee on HN