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title: "textbee"
description: "Open-source SMS gateway turning a spare Android phone into an API endpoint, with dashboard, webhooks, bulk CSV send and self-hosting."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/textbee-vg-0951"
category: "Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling"
subcategory: "Self-hosted infrastructure"
license: "MIT"
author: "vernu"
source: "https://github.com/vernu/textbee"
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# textbee
Open-source SMS gateway turning a spare Android phone into an API endpoint, with dashboard, webhooks, bulk CSV send and self-hosting.
## Facts
- Source: https://github.com/vernu/textbee
- Category: Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling / Self-hosted infrastructure
- Author: vernu
- Licence: MIT
- Tags: sms, api, android, self-hosted, webhooks
## Why it's a gem
Replaces per-message Twilio pricing with a drawer phone for side-project notifications.
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