# Open-source alternatives for Email newsletters

> Send newsletters and email campaigns to your own lists, without paying more as your subscriber count grows.

## Paid products
- [Open-source alternatives to beehiiv](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/beehiiv.md): Hosted newsletter platform for writers and publishers. You write posts in its editor, send them to subscribers and publish them on a hosted newsletter website, with signup forms, segments, automated welcome and drip sequences, open and click analytics, and paid subscriptions. Higher plans unlock more features and subscribers. Pricing: See pricing page.
- [Open-source alternatives to Brevo](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/brevo.md): Brevo sells email marketing within a wider customer communication platform. These alternatives cover email campaigns or automation; SMS, WhatsApp, CRM and managed delivery are outside this comparison. Pricing: See pricing page.
- [Open-source alternatives to Kit Creator and Pro](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/kit.md): Kit sells email marketing and creator newsletter plans. Alternatives cover selected publishing or campaign jobs; the creator recommendation network is not reproduced, and delivery and payment services can still cost money. Pricing: See pricing page.
- [Open-source alternatives to Mailchimp](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/mailchimp.md): Hosted email marketing service from Intuit. Keeps your audience lists and segments, has a drag-and-drop campaign editor with templates, signup forms and landing pages, automated email journeys, and open and click reporting. Plans are priced by number of contacts, and Mailchimp sends the email for you. Pricing: See pricing page.
- [Open-source alternatives to MailerLite](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/mailerlite.md): MailerLite sells email campaigns, signup tools and marketing automation. These alternatives cover selected newsletter jobs, with different editors, delivery setup and automation. Pricing: See pricing page.

## Top ranked projects
1. [Ghost](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/ghost.md): Open-source publishing platform with a website, email newsletters, member signups and paid subscriptions via Stripe; self-host or Ghost(Pro). Commercial use: Confirmed.
2. [listmonk](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/listmonk.md): Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager in a single Go binary with PostgreSQL; lists, SQL segments, templates, analytics and archives. Commercial use: Partial.
3. [Mautic](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/mautic.md): Self-hosted marketing automation in PHP; contact segments, email builder, drag-and-drop campaign journeys, forms and landing pages. Commercial use: Partial.
4. [Plunk](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/plunk.md): Open-source email platform for transactional mail, campaigns and workflow automations with segments and open/click analytics; sends via AWS SES. Commercial use: Partial.
5. [useSend](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/usesend.md): Open-source sending platform on top of Amazon SES with transactional API, SMTP, contacts and marketing emails; formerly Unsend; still in beta. Commercial use: Partial.
6. [Dittofeed](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/dittofeed.md): Open-source customer engagement platform; segments, MJML or low-code templates, broadcasts and event-driven journeys over email, SMS and push. Commercial use: Partial.
7. [BillionMail](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/billionmail.md): Self-hosted mail server plus email marketing from the aaPanel team; contacts, tags, templates, campaigns and open/click stats, sending from your own server. Commercial use: Partial.
8. [Notifuse](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/notifuse.md): Self-hosted newsletter and transactional email platform in Go; MJML builder, A/B tests, visual automations, analytics. Source-available (BSL) since v40. Commercial use: Partial.
9. [SendPortal](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/sendportal.md): Self-hosted Laravel app for email campaigns; subscribers, tags, templates, tracking and reports, sending via Amazon SES, Postmark, Mailgun and others. Commercial use: Confirmed.
10. [Keila](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/keila.md): Open-source newsletter tool with a WYSIWYG, Markdown or MJML editor, sign-up forms, segments and analytics; Docker self-host or Keila Cloud. Commercial use: Partial.
11. [phpList](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/phplist.md): Long-running PHP newsletter manager with segmentation, personalisation, bounce handling, analytics, RSS sends and built-in Amazon SES support. Commercial use: Partial.
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