Email and newsletters
ActiveCampaign alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
mautic/mautic★10,301 GitHub starslicence unclearOpen-source marketing automation platform for email campaigns, contact management, and automation workflows.Open on GitHub ↗Billionmail/BillionMail★15,389 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceSelf-hosted mail server and email marketing/newsletter platform for sending and managing campaigns.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- 1000+ ready-made integrations and deep connectors
- Enterprise features: SSO, dedicated account team, custom objects, advanced reporting
- Active Intelligence AI features that remember brand and build campaigns
- WhatsApp & rich omnichannel templates and managed migration tooling
- Deliverability, reputational infrastructure, and SLA-backed sending at scale
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches ActiveCampaign, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.