Listmonk
Open source newsletter and mailing list manager. The self-hosted Mailchimp.
What it is
Listmonk is a self-hosted email newsletter platform built in Go for performance. It handles subscriber management, segmentation, list cleaning, campaign composition, scheduling, analytics, and bounces/complaints. It works with any SMTP provider (Amazon SES, Mailgun, Postmark, your own) and costs $5/mo to run for an audience of 100K.
Why we recommend it
It is the highest-performance open source newsletter platform. The same Go binary that runs 100K subscribers on a $5 VPS would need a $500/mo SaaS subscription on Mailchimp or ConvertKit. The campaign builder is fast and the analytics are detailed. And the data, templates, and analytics all live on your server.
When to use it
- Newsletters with 1K–1M subscribers that have outgrown free Mailchimp/Substack
- Writers and small publishers who want to own their list
- Anyone who doesn't want Mailchimp's per-subscriber pricing eating their margins
- Companies that need to comply with data residency (self-host in the relevant region)
Quickstart
Run this in your terminal. Self-hosts locally with Docker or your preferred setup.
$ docker run -d --name listmonk -p 9000:9000 -v listmonk_data:/listmonk listmonk/listmonk:latestSetup
Tags
Integrates with
Common use cases
- →newsletters
- →mailing-lists
- →publishing
- →indie-writers
Pricing
100% free, AGPL-3.0, self-hosted. You pay for hosting ($5-20/mo VPS) and SMTP (Amazon SES starts at $0.10 per 1,000 emails).
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