Keila vs Mautic vs listmonk

Side by side, as alternatives to beehiiv. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Keilapentacent/keila

Mauticmautic/mautic

listmonkknadh/listmonk

beehiivpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

See pricing page source ↗

Subscriber lists and segments

Partly

Yes

Campaign editor and templates

Partly

Yes

Automations and drip sequences

Partly

Yes

Signup forms and landing pages

Partly

Yes

Open and click analytics

Partly

Yes

Paid subscriptions and newsletter website

Yes

Jobs covered

4 of 6 jobs

3 of 6 jobs

All 6

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

2,239

10,815

23,886Top

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

152Top

129

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Latest release

0.30.3 · 2026-09-06

7.2.1 · 2026-09-23

v7.0.0-beta.1 · 2026-10-20Top

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Commits / 12 wk

967

195

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People committing / 12 mo

74+

32+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

3 / 2

98 / 28

29 / 68

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Self-hosted Docker image, or hosted Keila Cloud

Self-hosted on a VPS or dedicated server; paid hosting also offered

Self-hosted binary or Docker Compose with PostgreSQL

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

AGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); logo and extra/ directory excluded

GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)

AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)

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Model weights licence

No separate model weights

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Commercial useDiffers

Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; self-hosted version is not feature-gated in the README

Yes under GPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no feature-gated edition

Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no paid edition or feature gating

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Paid services needed?Differs

Your own inbox over SMTP works for small lists; larger lists need a sending service

Software is free; you need an email transport such as SMTP, Amazon SES or SendGrid to send

App is free; you need an SMTP server or sending service such as Amazon SES to deliver mail

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

Not documented; needs a container engine and PostgreSQL

VPS or dedicated server; PHP 8.2+ (Mautic 7), MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; no RAM figure given

Light; a production instance sent 7M+ emails using a fraction of one core and 57 MB peak RAM

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Operating systemsDiffers

Any host running a container engine; host OS support not listed

Server with Apache, Nginx or IIS, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB; host OS not specified

Binaries for Linux, macOS (Darwin), Windows and the BSDs; Docker image

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Setup effortDiffers

Medium; Docker image or sample Docker Compose file, plus PostgreSQL

Medium; install with Composer or the release zip and a web installer, plus a web server and database

Easy; download binary or docker compose up, plus a PostgreSQL database

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Stars over time

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Keila
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Tracked daily since 16 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

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Keila vs Mautic vs listmonk (as alternatives to beehiiv)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=keila,mautic,listmonk&product=beehiiv

beehiiv: See pricing page
Keila: free software; does 4 of 6 beehiiv jobs
Mautic: free software; does 4 of 6 beehiiv jobs
listmonk: free software; does 3 of 6 beehiiv jobs

- Keila: 2,239 GitHub stars, 25 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); logo and extra/ directory excluded
- Mautic: 10,815 GitHub stars, 967 commits in 12 weeks, licence GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)
- listmonk: 23,886 GitHub stars, 195 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: Keila Self-hosted Docker image, or hosted Keila Cloud; Mautic Self-hosted on a VPS or dedicated server; paid hosting also offered; listmonk Self-hosted binary or Docker Compose with PostgreSQL
- Code licence: Keila AGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); logo and extra/ directory excluded; Mautic GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); listmonk AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)
- Commercial use: Keila Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; self-hosted version is not feature-gated in the README; Mautic Yes under GPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no feature-gated edition; listmonk Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no paid edition or feature gating
- Paid services needed?: Keila Your own inbox over SMTP works for small lists; larger lists need a sending service; Mautic Software is free; you need an email transport such as SMTP, Amazon SES or SendGrid to send; listmonk App is free; you need an SMTP server or sending service such as Amazon SES to deliver mail
- Hardware: Keila Not documented; needs a container engine and PostgreSQL; Mautic VPS or dedicated server; PHP 8.2+ (Mautic 7), MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; no RAM figure given; listmonk Light; a production instance sent 7M+ emails using a fraction of one core and 57 MB peak RAM
- Operating systems: Keila Any host running a container engine; host OS support not listed; Mautic Server with Apache, Nginx or IIS, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB; host OS not specified; listmonk Binaries for Linux, macOS (Darwin), Windows and the BSDs; Docker image
- Setup effort: Keila Medium; Docker image or sample Docker Compose file, plus PostgreSQL; Mautic Medium; install with Composer or the release zip and a web installer, plus a web server and database; listmonk Easy; download binary or docker compose up, plus a PostgreSQL database

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