Open-source alternatives to Mailchimp
5 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Mailchimp. Listmonk is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Listmonk | 23,840 | Active | Network copyleft | Compose | Go |
 Postal | 16,874 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Ruby |
 Mautic | 10,797 | Active | Not identified | ○ | PHP |
 Keila | 2,238 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Elixir |
 Sendportal | 2,175 | Active | Permissive | ○ | PHP |
Each one, briefly
- Listmonk23,840 stars · network copyleft · active
High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app.
- Postal16,874 stars · permissive · active
📮 A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming & outgoing e-mail
Also replaces Sendinblue
- Mautic10,797 stars · not identified · active
Mautic: Open Source Marketing Automation Software.
Also replaces ActiveCampaign
- Sendportal2,175 stars · permissive · active
Open-source self-hosted email marketing. Manage your own newsletters at a fraction of the cost.
Also replaces Sendinblue
Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against Mailchimp comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Mailchimp. Browse every open-source alternative.