Listmonk
Send e-mail campaigns and transactional e-mails. High performance and features packed into one app
Best for: Developers and businesses sending newsletters who want full control and zero per-subscriber costs
Overview
High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app. Send e-mail campaigns and transactional e-mails. High performance and features packed into one app. listmonk is a standalone, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager. It is fast, feature-rich, and packed into a single binary. It uses a PostgreSQL database as its data store. The project has 19K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.
Getting Started
Source: GitHub README
The latest image is available on DockerHub at listmonk/listmonk:latest.
Download and use the sample docker-compose.yml.
## Normalized Features
*Source: tool-features-normalized.json*
docker, docker compose, postgresql.
<DeploymentOptions slug={frontmatter.slug} /> Compare Listmonk
Listmonk wins on cost and performance. Mailchimp wins on ease of use and built-in features. If you send newsletters and your list is growing, Listmonk saves thousands per year.
Mautic for full marketing automation (email sequences, lead scoring, landing pages, CRM). Listmonk for high-performance newsletter sending with minimal overhead. Different tools for different needs.
Both Novu and Listmonk are strong open-source options in the email space. Novu has 39k GitHub stars and Listmonk has 19k. Compare their features, deployment, and community to choose the right fit for your needs.
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