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Mautic vs Ghost vs Mailcheap

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.

Mauticmautic/mautic
GhostTryGhost/Ghost
Mailcheapmarclou/mailcheap
beehiivpaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
See pricing page source ↗
Subscriber lists and segments
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Campaign editor and templates
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Automations and drip sequences
Partial: Partly
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Signup forms and landing pages
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Open and click analytics
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Paid subscriptions and newsletter website
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
4 of 6 jobs
5 of 6 jobs
1 of 6 jobs
All 6
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
10,815
55,578Top
1,275
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
152
934Top
75
—
Latest release
7.2.1 · 2026-09-23
v6.72.0 · 2026-10-20Top
Unknown
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Commits / 12 wk
967
2,115
75
—
People committing / 12 mo
74+
92+
1
—
Issues opened / closed, 30 days
98 / 28
14 / 17
0 / 0
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Self-hosted on a VPS or dedicated server; paid hosting also offered
Confirmed: Self-hosted with Ghost-CLI (local dev or Ubuntu production), or hosted Ghost(Pro)
Confirmed: Self-hosted on Vercel or any Node.js 22+ host
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)
Confirmed: MIT
Partial: AGPL-3.0
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Model weights licenceDiffers
Confirmed: No separate model weights
Confirmed: No separate model weights
Confirmed: No bundled weights; AI agents connect through its MCP server
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: Yes under GPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no feature-gated edition
Confirmed: Yes, MIT
Partial: Yes, AGPL-3.0; you must share your source if you offer a modified version over a network
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Paid services needed?Differs
Partial: Software is free; you need an email transport such as SMTP, Amazon SES or SendGrid to send
No: Newsletter delivery requires Mailgun (SMTP not supported for bulk mail); Stripe needed for paid memberships
No: Needs Amazon SES or PostShiba for sending, both paid; MongoDB, QStash and hosting have free tiers
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Partial: VPS or dedicated server; PHP 8.2+ (Mautic 7), MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; no RAM figure given
Confirmed: Server with at least 1 GB memory for production
Unknown: Not checked yet
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Operating systemsDiffers
Partial: Server with Apache, Nginx or IIS, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB; host OS not specified
Confirmed: Production on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/26.04; local development install on macOS, Windows or Linux
Partial: Deployment requires Node.js 22+ hosting. No explicit Windows/macOS/Linux server support matrix was verified.
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Medium; install with Composer or the release zip and a web installer, plus a web server and database
Confirmed: Medium; npm install ghost-cli then ghost install, with NGINX, MySQL 8 and a domain for production
Partial: Medium; deploy to Vercel or a Node.js host, then set up MongoDB, SES or PostShiba, QStash and DNS
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Stars over time

Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.

  • Mautic
  • Ghost
  • Mailcheap
55,5780 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-16Mautic, 2025-10-27: 10,046 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-03: 10,055 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-10: 10,067 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-17: 10,070 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-24: 10,079 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-01: 10,089 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-08: 10,100 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-15: 10,116 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-22: 10,129 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-29: 10,140 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-05: 10,151 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-12: 10,162 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-19: 10,190 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-26: 10,199 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-02: 10,216 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-09: 10,231 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-16: 10,246 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-23: 10,255 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-02: 10,263 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-09: 10,269 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-16: 10,273 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-23: 10,280 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-30: 10,284 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-06: 10,291 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-13: 10,296 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-20: 10,300 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-27: 10,308 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-04: 10,318 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-11: 10,323 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-18: 10,328 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-25: 10,333 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-06-01: 10,335 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-06-08: 10,338 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-06-22: 10,339 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-08-10: 10,342 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-08-17: 10,343 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-08-31: 10,365 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-07: 10,421 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-14: 10,469 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-21: 10,512 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-28: 10,670 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-10-05: 10,741 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-10-12: 10,794 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-10-16: 10,779 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-17: 10,786 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-18: 10,790 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-19: 10,794 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-20: 10,805 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-21: 10,815 stars, trackedGhost, 2025-10-27: 54,356 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-03: 54,375 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-10: 54,395 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-17: 54,406 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-24: 54,443 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-01: 54,457 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-08: 54,487 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-15: 54,511 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-22: 54,528 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-29: 54,554 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-05: 54,577 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-12: 54,602 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-19: 54,620 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-26: 54,638 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-02: 54,653 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-09: 54,670 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-16: 54,693 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-23: 54,716 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-02: 54,736 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-09: 54,753 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-16: 54,762 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-23: 54,775 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-30: 54,804 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-06: 54,828 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-13: 54,847 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-20: 54,860 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-27: 54,870 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-04: 54,876 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-11: 54,925 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-18: 54,962 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-25: 54,966 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-01: 54,971 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-08: 54,977 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-15: 54,980 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-22: 54,985 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-07-27: 54,986 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-08-17: 54,988 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-08-31: 55,090 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-07: 55,204 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-14: 55,296 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-21: 55,392 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-28: 55,450 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-10-05: 55,502 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-10-12: 55,565 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-10-16: 55,546 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-17: 55,552 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-18: 55,562 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-19: 55,565 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-20: 55,574 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-21: 55,578 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-05: 774 stars, estimated from public star recordsMailcheap, 2026-10-12: 1,237 stars, estimated from public star recordsMailcheap, 2026-10-17: 1,184 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-18: 1,223 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-19: 1,237 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-20: 1,258 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-21: 1,275 stars, tracked
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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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