Keila

Email marketing

Keila is an open-source newsletter tool. Compare its editing and list-management workflow with your existing email process.

Who it may suit

Email newsletters for teams looking for a focused campaign tool.

Replaces

  • Mailchimp
  • Brevo
Official positioning or migration source

"a true Open Source alternative to Mailchimp, Brevo" (official site)

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Strengths for small teams

  • Newsletter tool positioned as a Mailchimp/Brevo alternative Source

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  • AGPL-3.0 licensed Source

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  • Hosted option offered by the maintainers Source

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License

AGPL-3.0

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Self-hosting effort

Moderate

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The self-hosted Docker deployment requires database configuration (PostgreSQL) and application environment settings, even though it initializes the database on first launch. The operator remains responsible for retaining database and uploaded data and applying image/database updates.

Documentation-based estimate; not hands-on tested. Official self-hosting effort evidence

Pricing

Keila Cloud paid plans start at US$9.50/month for 2,000 emails/month.

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Managed cloud

Available

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Self-hosted: Available

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Repository activity

Stars: 2,260

Last push: 2026-10-31

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Repository metadata source

Docker Compose deployment

Upstream Compose preview; fetched 2026-11-02. Pinned public source file

# This docker-compose file is intended for local testing and NOT intended to be
# production ready.

version: "3"

services:
  keila:
    image: pentacent/keila:latest
    ports:
      - "4000:4000"

First 10 lines; see source for the complete file. Review all required companion files before deploying.

  • ops/Dockerfile
Official website

Sources