Listmonk

Email marketing

Listmonk manages newsletters and mailing lists as a self-hosted application. Plan for your own email delivery provider and sender reputation.

Who it may suit

Newsletter and mailing-list management for technical teams.

Replaces

Not verified: no official positioning found

Checked: 2026-11-01

Strengths for small teams

  • Single binary application Source

    Checked: 2026-11-01

  • Only dependency is PostgreSQL Source

    Checked: 2026-11-01

  • Modern dashboard for newsletters and lists Source

    Checked: 2026-11-01

Section checked: 2026-11-01

License

AGPL-3.0

Checked: 2026-11-01

Self-hosting effort

Moderate

Checked: 2026-09-24

listmonk can run in Docker Compose, but it depends on PostgreSQL and requires database configuration. Its official upgrade guidance says to back up PostgreSQL before upgrades, so routine backup and version maintenance are part of operating it.

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

Pricing

Free and open-source software under AGPLv3; the project is self-hosted.

Checked: 2026-09-24

Managed cloud

Not verified

Checked: 2026-09-24

Self-hosted: Available

Sections checked: see dates beside each section.

Repository activity

Stars: 24,103

Last push: 2026-11-01

Fetched 2026-11-01 · checked 2026-11-01

Repository metadata source

Self-hosting documentation

Official self-hosting instructions
Official website

Sources