Email and newsletters

Buttondown 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.

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The projects

knadh/listmonk22,655AGPL-3.0Self-hosted high-performance newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard.Open on GitHub Billionmail/BillionMail15,389AGPL-3.0Open-source self-hosted mailserver and newsletter/email marketing platform.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Concierge migration service
Buttondown's deliverability & spam-protection optimizations
Built-in comments, surveys, and sponsorship marketplace
Whitelabeling and team features with no per-seat charge
GDPR/privacy integrations and analytics out of the box

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Buttondown, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.