Email and newsletters
beehiiv 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
Notifuse/notifuse★2,039 GitHub starslicence unclearOpen-source emailing platform for managing campaigns, templates, and sending emails.Open on GitHub ↗Billionmail/BillionMail★15,389 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceSelf-hosted mail server and newsletter/marketing platform for managing campaigns and subscribers.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Native Ad Network / marketplace liquidity (sell ads for you)
- Recommendation network and cross-publisher discovery
- Optimized deliverability and reputation management at scale
- Built-in monetization storefronts (sponsorships, recommendations)
- Integrated podcast hosting, audio features, and IAB analytics
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches beehiiv, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.