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Hello HN,I basically don't use notifications for anything. The noise is too much. Slack is too loud. Email is too slow. But sometimes you do need a note in your face.I found myself missing 1990s pagers. I wanted a digital equivalent - something that does one thing: beep until I ack it.So I built UDP-7777.Concept:- 0% Cloud: It listens on UDP Port 7777. No accounts, no central servers. You don't need Tailscale/ZeroTier/WG/etc, it's just easy for device sets.- CAPCODES: It maps your IP address (LAN or Tailscale) to a retro 10-digit "CAPCODE" that looks like a phone number (e.g., (213) 070-6433 for loopback).- Minimalism: Bare-bones interface. Just a box, a few buttons, and a big red blinker.The Tech:It's a single binary written in Go (using Fyne). It implements "burst fire" UDP (sending packets 3x) to ensure delivery without the handshake overhead of TCP.New in v2.2.7:- Frequency Tuning: Bind specifically to your Tailscale/ZeroTier interface.- Squelch: Optional shared-secret keys to ignore unauthorized packets.- Heartbeat: Visual/Audio alerts that persist until you physically click ACK.I built this for anyone looking to cut through the noise—DevOps teams handing off the "on-call IP", or deep-work focus where you only want interruptions from a high-trust circle.I'd love to hear your thoughts on the IP-to-Phone-Number mapping logic (it's purely visual, but I'm really into it).Site & Binaries (Signed for Mac/Win): https://udp7777.com
HN · launched Dec 14, 2025 · 104 upvotes (top 9%) · 0 views
Niche: private and secure messaging apps · 144 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -41% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2B
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 144 launches in private and secure messaging apps →
Could you build this?
Yes A persistent alerting tool/app that loops an audio alert until acknowledged via a simple UI or webhook is a straightforward utility.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: DAPNET (POCSAG-compatible radio version), PagerDuty, Wireguard (for encryption/PKI), BrowserBox (e-ink display apps)
Concerns raised: Vulnerability to jamming attacks on known frequencies, Plain-text UDP transmission lacks encryption/secrecy, Limited to desktop/software in v1, no mobile support yet, Requires understanding why to download .zip file instead of physical pager, POCSAG coverage gaps in some geographic areas
Feature requests: POCSAG-compatible radio version for wider infrastructure adoption, LTE-M pager implementation for areas without POCSAG coverage, Mobile support without requiring a server (Tailscale/ZeroTrust compatible), E-ink display integration for physical notification tokens, Frequency hopping to resist jamming
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 45 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #3 of 46 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 40 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Ustps (UDP Speedy Transmission Protocol Secure) and USSH · hn · 2026-06-08 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.38
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- PingStalker · hn · 2025-11-04 · 77 upvotes · similarity 0.37
- SuperEdge · github · 2026-09-29 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.36
- I built a macOS tool for network engineers · hn · 2026-02-10 · 243 upvotes · similarity 0.36
- Ping Bee · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.35
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