Email and newsletters
Bento 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
knadh/listmonk★22,655 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceSelf-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with subscriber management, templates, scheduling, and sending.Open on GitHub ↗mautic/mautic★10,301 GitHub starslicence unclearOpen-source marketing automation platform for campaigns, contact profiles, email builders, and multi-channel automations.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- AI-powered pre-flight checks and AI agents
- SOC 2 Type II compliance and third-party audit
- Managed deliverability guidance, migration assistance, and reputation monitoring
- Hosted shared inboxes / AI reply agents and chat add-on
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Bento, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.