Email and newsletters
Mailchimp 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 licenceHigh-performance self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard.Open on GitHub ↗mautic/mautic★10,301 GitHub starslicence unclearOpen-source marketing automation platform for campaigns, segmentation, and multi-channel messaging.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Deliverability tuning and IP warmup managed by Mailchimp
- 300+ built-in third-party integrations
- Advanced analytics, predictive segmentation and AI marketing tools
- 24/7 award-level support and onboarding services
- Polished UI, templates library, and multivariate testing
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Mailchimp, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.