Email and newsletters

MailerLite 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 web UI, templates, and sending.Open on GitHub mautic/mautic10,301licence unclearOpen-source marketing automation platform for campaigns, forms, email builders, and automated workflows.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Deliverability optimization and dedicated IP management
Built-in email verification and list hygiene
Pre-built templates, editors and UX polish
Integrations ecosystem (Shopify, WordPress, Zapier, etc.)
24/7 support and onboarding resources

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