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Best Open-Source Alternatives to Mailchimp

Mailchimp is the popular email marketing tool. OSS alternatives let you self-host and pay only for sending infrastructure (e.g. SES at ~$0.10 per 1000 emails) instead of per-subscriber.

TL;DR — top pick

Listmonk

Listmonk is the dominant OSS email marketing tool. Newsletters, campaigns, segmentation, list management, analytics.

github.com/knadh/listmonk

All 2 alternatives ranked

#1

Listmonk

AGPL-3.0Self-hostable★ ~17k
github.com/knadh/listmonk

Listmonk is the dominant OSS email marketing tool. Newsletters, campaigns, segmentation, list management, analytics. Single Go binary + Postgres. Pair with AWS SES or Mailgun for sending. Costs ~$5/mo for 100k subscribers vs. Mailchimp's $300+.

Pick Listmonk if

You have 1k+ subscribers and want to escape per-subscriber pricing.

Skip if

You're under 500 subscribers — Mailchimp free tier is easier.

#2

Keila

AGPL-3.0Self-hostable★ ~1k
github.com/keila-io/keila

Keila is the newer, Elixir-based alternative to Listmonk. Cleaner UI, simpler setup. Smaller community but actively developed.

Pick Keila if

You prefer a cleaner UI and don't need Listmonk's breadth of features.

Skip if

You need a battle-tested tool with bigger community — Listmonk is more mature.

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