Real-time updates are what make modern web apps feel alive.
But adding live notifications to your backend often means wiring up WebSockets, managing events, and validating payloads manually - a time-consuming and error-prone process.
We built Notify to make that simple.
It’s a lightweight library that adds real-time notifications to your Express apps - complete with WebSocket support, event handling, and type-safe validation.
The Problem: Real-Time Without the Chaos
Developers love real-time features - dashboards that update instantly, users who see live feedback, systems that react in milliseconds.
But under the hood, it’s usually messy:
- 🧱 Complex socket setup and room management.
- 🧩 Missing type safety in event payloads.
- 🔁 Repetitive event broadcasting logic.
- ⚙️ No clear structure for sending notifications to users or groups.
That’s where Notify comes in - it handles the plumbing so you can focus on what matters.
The Solution: Clean, Type-Safe Realtime for Express
Notify gives you a plug-and-play way to broadcast events in your Node backend.
It plugs directly into your Express server and exposes a simple API for emitting structured events to connected clients.
What it does
- ⚡ Seamless Express integration: Add as simple middleware - no heavy setup.
- 🔌 WebSocket ready: Built on top of Socket.IO for instant two-way communication.
- 🧩 Type-safe events: Define your events and payloads in TypeScript with validation.
- 🎯 Flexible targeting: Send notifications to specific users, groups, or everyone.
- 🧠 Modular events: Create reusable event classes for clean, maintainable logic.
You can focus on your app logic - Notify takes care of the rest.
Why Developers Love It
- 💡 Adds real-time features to any Express app in minutes.
- 🧱 Keeps everything structured and type-safe.
- 🚀 Works great for dashboards, live updates, or collaboration tools.
- 🧠 Scales naturally - you can integrate it into larger systems easily.
It’s real-time done right - fast, predictable, and transparent.
Who It’s For
- 📊 Dashboards and admin apps that need instant updates.
- 💬 Collaboration or chat tools requiring live communication.
- ⚙️ APIs that broadcast system or user events.
- 🧠 Developers who want WebSocket power without the boilerplate.
The Result
A production-ready notification engine that keeps users informed and engaged - with real-time feedback loops built directly into your backend.
Notify makes your Express apps feel interactive, alive, and modern.
👉 Try Notify here: Notify
Tags: nodejs express websockets typescript backend
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