PushSharp vs PushNotificationPlugin

PushSharp

A server-side library for sending Push Notifications to iOS (iPhone/iPad APNS), Android (C2DM and GCM - Google Cloud Message), Windows Phone, Windows 8, Amazon, Blackberry, and (soon) FirefoxOS devices! (by Redth)

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PushNotificationPlugin

Push Notification Plugin for Xamarin iOS and Android (by CrossGeeks)

Push Notifications Xamarin aps FCM Plugin

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PushSharp		PushNotificationPlugin
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1	Mentions	2
4,383	Stars	214
-	Growth	0.0%
0.0	Activity	0.0
11 months ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C#	Language	C#
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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PushSharp

Posts with mentions or reviews of PushSharp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-02.

Best way to send push notifications to user from asp.net core server
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 2 Apr 2023

For a free option without an external service, you can try with this library: https://github.com/Redth/PushSharp

PushNotificationPlugin

Posts with mentions or reviews of PushNotificationPlugin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-09.

SOS! Xamarin Forms Push Notifications is driving me crazy!!!!!!!
3 projects | /r/xamarindevelopers | 9 Sep 2021

I haven't used this library (I use azure notification hub), but I noticed they describe some potential issues that sound a lot like what you're running into (including not receiving notifications on zenfone while the app is closed) in their faq (https://github.com/CrossGeeks/PushNotificationPlugin/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md).

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When comparing PushSharp and PushNotificationPlugin you can also consider the following projects:

Lib.Net.Http.WebPush - Lib.Net.Http.WebPush is a library which provides a Web Push Protocol based client for Push Service.

FirebasePushNotificationPlugin - Firebase Push Notification Plugin for Xamarin iOS and Android

eShopOnContainers - Cross-platform .NET sample microservices and container based application that runs on Linux Windows and macOS. Powered by .NET 7, Docker Containers and Azure Kubernetes Services. Supports Visual Studio, VS for Mac and CLI based environments with Docker CLI, dotnet CLI, VS Code or any other code editor. Moved to https://github.com/dotnet/eShop.

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Uno Platform - Build Mobile, Desktop and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. Today. Open source and professionally supported.

NWPusher - OS X and iOS application and framework to play with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs)

ASP.NET Core - ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.