Ko-fi events, straight into ntfy
Every tip, membership, or shop order — posted to ntfy the moment it happens. No ntfy app to install, no monthly automation subscription.
The gap this fills: Ko-fi doesn't ship an official ntfy app. If you want tip, membership, or shop order to show up in ntfy the moment it happens, the usual options are a paid third-party bot, custom code, or routing everything through a $20–50/month automation platform just to move one webhook from one URL to another. ZestyGlue does exactly that one thing for $9/month.
What it looks like
ZestyGlue
Ko-fi — Donation
5.00 USD
from A Generous Fan
“Love your work!”
A real Ko-fi event, shown as ZestyGlue formats it for ntfy.
Setup — about two minutes
- Create the connector. In ZestyGlue, start a new Ko-fi → ntfy connector. You'll get a unique webhook URL right away.
- Point Ko-fi at it. Go to Settings → API/Webhooks, and paste in your ZestyGlue webhook URL.
- Copy the Verification Token. Ko-fi shows a Verification Token right next to the webhook URL field — paste that into ZestyGlue's connector setup so every event can be confirmed as genuinely from Ko-fi.
- Point ntfy at ZestyGlue. Pick any topic name — e.g.
https://ntfy.sh/your-secret-topic — enter it into ZestyGlue, and subscribe to that same topic in the ntfy app or web client.
Tip: Ko-fi sends the same webhook shape for one-time donations, memberships, commissions, and shop orders — the type field tells them apart, and ZestyGlue labels each one so your channel doesn't just say “Donation” for everything.
Events you can forward
Donation
Subscription
Commission
Shop Order
Questions
Is my Ko-fi Verification Token safe with ZestyGlue?
It's encrypted at rest with Fernet symmetric encryption before it ever touches disk, it's never logged, and it's never displayed again in the dashboard after you enter it — only a masked placeholder is shown.
Does this distinguish between one-time tips and memberships?
Yes — Ko-fi's type field (Donation, Subscription, Commission, Shop Order) is read automatically and shown in the notification title.
Can supporter messages contain emoji or special characters?
Yes, Ko-fi messages are passed through as-is (truncated to 150 characters) and render normally in every destination.
Do I need to self-host ntfy?
No, the free public ntfy.sh server works fine for most people — just pick an unguessable topic name.
What happens if my ZestyGlue subscription lapses?
Events are silently dropped rather than causing errors on Ko-fi's side — Ko-fi never sees a failure response, so it won't retry aggressively or flag your webhook as broken. Your dashboard will simply stop showing new events until you resubscribe.