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Listmonk is a self-hosted newsletter and email campaign manager — high-performance Go binary, Postgres-backed, with double opt-in, segmented lists, A/B testing, transactional email API. The OSS replacement for Mailchimp at a fraction of the cost.
Listmonk is a self-hosted newsletter and email campaign manager — high-performance Go binary, Postgres-backed, with double opt-in, segmented lists, A/B testing, transactional email API. The OSS replacement for Mailchimp at a fraction of the cost.
For email marketers running 10k+ subscriber lists, the math of self-hosted Listmonk on a $10/mo VPS beats Mailchimp's $300/mo for the same list size.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Listmonk over the SaaS alternative.
recurring email campaigns to subscribers
API for sending order confirmations, password resets
target sub-segments of your list
campaign variant testing for optimization
GDPR / CAN-SPAM compliant subscriber management
If your team profile matches one of these, Listmonk is a strong fit out of the box.
(Substack alternative for self-host)
running cost-conscious email campaigns
managing client email infrastructure
keeping subscriber data on-prem
running newsletters for project updates
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Listmonk consistently lands above the alternatives.
The stack you'll plug Listmonk into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
listmonk/listmonk:v4.1.0 (release-tagged)Operational guidance from running this in production — what to do before you scale, what to lock down, what surprises people.
postgres:15-alpine · listmonk/listmonk:latest