# FYInbox vs Novu: a ready inbox for project notifications

Send project activity straight to FYInbox, a ready inbox for people and agents with structured context and HTTP ingestion, outside chat and email.

Create a source, send an HTTP request, and your project result appears in FYInbox. The inbox is ready to use, with tags, filters and read/archive state for people and agents keeping project notifications outside chat and email.

Published: 2026-07-31. Updated: 2026-09-17.

## Project history

Go from a script or workflow to a usable project inbox without building subscriber workflows or embedding UI components. Sources, tags, metadata filters and read/archive state are part of the product.

> **Example workflow.** Have a scheduled job post its result with a source key. Open FYInbox to review the result, filter by environment and follow the link to the run; there is no customer-facing notification UI to build first.

## Setup and follow-up

Send a result from your project, find it in the inbox, and follow its link when you need to investigate.

- Connect each project with a source key and send structured results over HTTP.
- Find related results with source, tag and exact metadata filters; open follow-up links to inspect the original run.
- Choose which sources alert each device through Web Push, while keeping the full record in your inbox.

## FYInbox compared with Novu

Create a source, send an HTTP request, and your project result appears in FYInbox. The inbox is ready to use, with tags, filters and read/archive state for people and agents keeping project notifications outside chat and email.

| Criterion | FYInbox | Novu |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient | People and agents use one central system for project notifications. | Subscribers of an application receive messages. |
| Setup | Create a source and send an authenticated HTTP request. | Define environments and workflows, then trigger them for subscribers. |
| History and triage | One central inbox with filters plus read and archive state, outside chat and email. | Inbox state and channel activity are part of each subscriber's messaging experience. |
| Structure | Title, body, severity, source, tags, exact metadata, deduplication and link actions. | Workflow payloads, subscriber data, templates and channel-specific content. |
| Delivery | Optional Web Push by source and device, with content preview controls. The full notification stays in the inbox outside chat and email. | In-app, email, SMS, push and chat steps can participate in workflows. |
| Workflows or embedding | A ready inbox with follow-up links; the public API supports ingestion, bounded metadata updates and reading a known notification within its source. | Conditions, delays, digest, throttling, preferences and embedded Inbox components. |
| Operation | Managed application: create an account and connect your sources. | Operate notification workflows and channel providers for a product. |
| Scope | Central structured project-notification system for arbitrary HTTP producers, people and agents. | Customer-facing communication infrastructure for applications. |

## Frequently asked questions

### What do I gain with FYInbox?

Go from a script or workflow to a usable project inbox without building subscriber workflows or embedding UI components. Sources, tags, metadata filters and read/archive state are part of the product.

### How do I connect my projects?

Create a source in FYInbox and use its API key to send an HTTP request from your script, agent or workflow. Include a title, tags, metadata and links to the run. Results from your sources appear in the same inbox.

### Can FYInbox notify me on mobile?

Yes. Enable Web Push on a supported browser or installed web app, choose which sources alert that device, and control whether alerts show their content. On iPhone and iPad, add FYInbox to your Home Screen first. Opening an alert takes you to its notification or grouped source in FYInbox.

### How does FYInbox help me follow up?

Filter by source, tag or exact metadata to find related results. Open a notification to inspect its details and follow its links to logs or reports. Mark it as read or archive it when you are done; that state stays with your account across devices.

### Who is FYInbox for?

FYInbox is for people and agents working across projects that produce automated notifications. Scripts, scheduled jobs and workflows report to one inbox, so their results are available together outside Slack, Telegram and email. Agents can send results and retrieve a known notification using its source key.

## Sources

- [How Novu works](https://docs.novu.co/platform/how-novu-works) — Novu; verified 2026-07-31.
- [Workflows](https://docs.novu.co/platform/concepts/workflows) — Novu; verified 2026-07-31.
- [Inbox](https://docs.novu.co/platform/inbox) — Novu; verified 2026-07-31.

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