Email and newsletters

HEY 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

Billionmail/BillionMail15,389AGPL-3.0Self-hosted mail server and newsletter platform for managing inbound/outbound email.Open on GitHub mailpile/Mailpile8,826licence unclearSelf-hosted, privacy-focused webmail client with fast search and encryption features.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Polished native apps and cross-platform clients
HEY-branded @hey.com addresses
HEY’s production-grade spam filtering and deliverability reputation
Integrated paid support and account management
Polish and UX refinements (Workflows, Collections, Cover Art, Speakeasy) out of the box

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