Universal Notifier for Home Assistant (Marketplace integration)

Installs: 167 sharing analytics
GitHub stars: 227
Connection: Works locally
Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
Version: v0.9.0, September 6, 2026
Category: Messaging and notifications, Push notifications
Kind: Marketplace integration
Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
Domain: universal_notifier
Source: github.com/jumping2000/universal_notifier
Issues: Report an issue

Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation.

About

Universal Notifier centralizes notifications to Telegram, mobile apps, Alexa, Google Home and similar targets. It adds a single send service that can deliver one alert to several channels, such as both Telegram and Alexa. Text messages get a prefix with the assistant name and time, while spoken messages use clean text only. Voice volume follows morning, afternoon, evening and night time slots, with separate weekday and weekend settings, and quiet hours hold back voice messages unless a notification is marked priority. Voice messages are queued so they play one after another, and media player state is saved and restored afterward. Greetings are picked at random from editable lists, and channels are managed through the UI with no YAML.

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Supports

Works locally Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
From the Marketplace Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
Actively maintained Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

Provides

Switches
Sensors

Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

Universal Notifier — Setup

Assistant Name
Time Format (strftime, e.g. %H:%M)
Include Time in Message Prefix
Bold Message Prefix
Priority Volume (0.0 - 1.0)
Person Entities (optional, for presence detection)
Weekday DND Start (HH:MM)
Weekday DND End (HH:MM)
Weekend DND Start (HH:MM)
Weekend DND End (HH:MM)
Ignore Title for Voice Messages
Weekend Days

Time Slots

Weekday - Morning Start
Weekday - Morning Volume
Weekday - Afternoon Start
Weekday - Afternoon Volume
Weekday - Evening Start
Weekday - Evening Volume
Weekday - Night Start
Weekday - Night Volume
Weekend - Morning Start
Weekend - Morning Volume
Weekend - Afternoon Start
Weekend - Afternoon Volume
Weekend - Evening Start
Weekend - Evening Volume
Weekend - Night Start

Greetings

Morning Greetings
Afternoon Greetings
Evening Greetings
Night Greetings

First Channel (required)

Alias (unique name, e.g. notifica_ui)
Service (domain.service, e.g. notify.persistent_notification)
Target entity_id or chat_id (optional, comma-separated for multiple)
Voice Channel (TTS)
Alt Services (JSON dict, optional)
Default Media Player (optional — fallback for voice channels)

After setup

Assistant Name
Time Format (strftime, e.g. %H:%M)
Include Time in Message Prefix
Bold Message Prefix
Priority Volume (0.0 - 1.0)
Person Entities (optional, for presence detection)
Ignore Title for Voice Messages
Weekend Days
Weekday DND Start (HH:MM)
Weekday DND End (HH:MM)
Weekend DND Start (HH:MM)
Weekend DND End (HH:MM)
Weekday - Morning Start
Weekday - Morning Volume
Weekday - Afternoon Start
Weekday - Afternoon Volume
Weekday - Evening Start
Weekday - Evening Volume
Weekday - Night Start
Weekday - Night Volume
Weekend - Morning Start
Weekend - Morning Volume
Weekend - Afternoon Start
Weekend - Afternoon Volume
Weekend - Evening Start
Weekend - Evening Volume
Weekend - Night Start
Morning Greetings
Afternoon Greetings
Evening Greetings
Night Greetings
Alias (unique name, e.g. google_home)
Service (domain.service, e.g. notify.persistent_notification)
Target entity_id or chat_id (optional, comma-separated for multiple)
Voice Channel (applies TTS, DND and volume logic)
Alt Services (JSON dict, optional — for Telegram photo/video etc.)
Default Media Player (optional — fallback for voice channels)
Channel to Edit
Alias (unique name)
Service (domain.service, e.g. notify.persistent_notification)
Target entity_id or chat_id (optional, comma-separated for multiple)
Voice Channel (applies TTS, DND and volume logic)
Alt Services (JSON dict, optional)
Default Media Player (optional)
Channel to Remove

Texts from the code of jumping2000/universal_notifier.

From the README

a new release from an appdaemon app by @caiosweet and @jumping2000
🆕 Latest (v0.9.0): notify.send_message support and some fixes. See the Changelog for details.
Unified Platform: A single service (universal_notifier.send) for Telegram, Mobile App, Alexa, Google Home, etc.
Personalized notifications to several targets (i.e. alarm notification to both Telegram and Alexa)
Voice vs. Text: Automatically differentiates between messages to be read (with prefixes like [Jarvis - 12:30]) and messages to be spoken (clean text only).
Smart Time Slots & Volume: Set different volumes for Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night. The component adjusts the volume before speaking.
Do Not Disturb (DND): Define quiet hours for voice assistants. Critical notifications (priority: true) will still go through.
Random Greetings: "Good morning," "Good afternoon," etc., chosen randomly from customizable lists.
Command Handling: Native support for Companion App commands (e.g., TTS, command_volume_level) sent in "RAW" mode.
Intelligent Queueing (FIFO): Voice notifications are handled by a background worker using asyncio.Queue. This prevents audio overlapping by playing messages sequentially.
Snapshot & Resume: The system saves the state (volume, track, and app) of media players before a notification and tries to restore it after the entire queue is empty.

From the README of jumping2000/universal_notifier, MIT License. Shortened.