[GH-ISSUE #1722] Add version subcommand to cli #1197

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opened 2026-05-07 01:00:45 +02:00 by BreizhHardware · 0 comments

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2026-05-07 01:00:45 +02:00

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Originally created by @Saucy9607 on GitHub (Apr 29, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/1722

💡 Idea

It's often useful to check the version of a program, and ntfy does support that to varying extents. For example, a relatively recently added /v1/version endpoint makes it easy to programmatically get the version of a server instance. However, it seems the only way to get the version from a client-use perspective is from the footer of the help text. Human-readable text is great for human interactions, but parsing it programmatically is brittle.

It is common for CLI programs to have a --version flag or version subcommand, and I would find it useful if ntfy followed a similar pattern.

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ntfy client/server

Originally created by @Saucy9607 on GitHub (Apr 29, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/1722  :bulb: **Idea**  It's often useful to check the version of a program, and ntfy does support that to varying extents. For example, a relatively recently added `/v1/version` endpoint makes it easy to programmatically get the version of a server instance. However, it seems the only way to get the version from a client-use perspective is from the footer of the `help` text. Human-readable text is great for human interactions, but parsing it programmatically is brittle. It is common for CLI programs to have a `--version` flag or `version` subcommand, and I would find it useful if ntfy followed a similar pattern. :computer: **Target components**   ntfy client/server