Email and newsletters

Shortwave alternatives

1 open-source project that already does 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

eracle/OpenOutreach2,635licence unclearAutomates outreach using AI agents to find leads and send personalized emails.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Enterprise CASA Tier 2 compliance
Built-in integrations and sister-product Tasklet automation
Polished cross-platform native apps (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows)
Deeply integrated team collaboration features (shared threads, real-time comments)
Optimized AI usage quotas, advanced model options, and long-term search history guarantees

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