Email and newsletters

Flodesk 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-3.0High-performance, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern web dashboard.Open on GitHub mautic/mautic10,301licence unclearOpen-source marketing automation platform for campaigns, forms, segmentation, and multi-channel workflows.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Proprietary deliverability optimizations and reputation/relationships with inbox providers
Polished template editor and patented layout technology
Built-in e-commerce/checkout, subscriptions, and abandoned-cart automations
Deep analytics and reporting comparable to the vendor
Breadth of native integrations (Shopify, Canva, Zapier, etc.)

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