Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager shipped as a single Go binary, with a Postgres store and SMTP-agnostic sending.
listmonk is an open source alternative to Mailchimp. Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager shipped as a single Go binary, with a Postgres store and SMTP-agnostic sending. AGPL-3.0 licensed, 22.1k GitHub stars, self-host with Docker, and last released 2026-06-26.
Should you switch?
Solo operators and teams that want a self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager packed into a single binary, using PostgreSQL as its data store and any SMTP provider for delivery.
You want a fully managed, no-ops hosted product with no database to run; listmonk has no first-party managed cloud and requires you to operate your own PostgreSQL instance and SMTP provider.
Self-hosting needs a separate PostgreSQL (v12+) database, the project ships no first-party hosted cloud (only community third-party deploy templates), and AGPLv3 terms apply if you run it as a service.
In the product
Community proof
"I've been using Listmonk (very easy to customize), sending ~35,000 mails / weekly as an alternative to Mailchimp with AWS SES as a backend but a self-hosted stalwart server could do the trick. We're saving ~600$/month by not using Mailchimp."
"Mailchimp ~95$/m -> Listmonk + Mailgun (few $, pay as you go)"
Maintenance health
Can you do it today?
curl -LO https://github.com/knadh/listmonk/raw/master/docker-compose.yml && docker compose up -dGitHub
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