Turn On Phone Notifications for LidRun
LidRun can ping your phone when a session ends, when a safety threshold kicks in, or when you're away and something changes. The free option, ntfy, takes about a minute to set up and needs no account on either side.
Set up ntfy (free)
Open LidRun's notification settings and set Phone push to ntfy.sh. Pick a topic name — this is just a private word or phrase that acts like a channel name, so choose something specific enough that a stranger wouldn't guess it.
On your phone, install the free ntfy app from the App Store, open it, and subscribe to the exact same topic name you set in LidRun. That's the entire pairing step — no login, no account creation on either side.
Send a test notification from LidRun's settings to confirm it reaches your phone before you rely on it for a real overnight run.
Other notification options
Pushover is a paid alternative to ntfy with a small one-time app cost — useful if you already use Pushover for other tools, but not required.
Telegram, Discord, Slack, and custom webhook alerts are available on LidRun Pro, for people who want notifications routed into a channel they already watch rather than a dedicated phone app.
Don't miss the Away notifications toggle
Separate from the per-session pings above, there's an Away notifications setting that alerts you specifically when something changes while you've stepped away from the Mac. If your main reason for wanting notifications is knowing whether anything happened while you weren't around, turn this on too — it's easy to miss since it lives in its own toggle.
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Frequently asked
Yes — both the ntfy app and the service itself are free, with no account required on your phone or in LidRun. You just need a topic name shared between the two.
Anyone who knows your exact topic name could in principle subscribe to it too, since ntfy topics aren't authenticated by default. Pick something specific and non-obvious rather than a common word, the same way you'd treat a shared but unlisted link.
Yes, but that requires LidRun Pro — Telegram, Discord, Slack, and custom webhook alerts are Pro features. ntfy and Pushover are available without Pro.
Double check the topic name matches exactly, including case, between LidRun's settings and the ntfy app subscription, and confirm the ntfy app has notification permissions enabled on your phone. If it still doesn't arrive, try a different topic name in case the original was already in heavy use by someone else.