Best self-hosted communication - email - mailing lists and newsletters
[Mailing list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailing_list) servers and mass mailing software - one message to many recipients.
We track 12 self-hosted communication - email - mailing lists and newsletters projects. The median health score in this category is 62, against 1 project rated healthy or better and none currently flagged as at risk. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mautic Marketing automation software (email, social and more). | Thriving · 95 | 11k | PHP | 23 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | Listmonk High performance, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. | Steady · 65 | 24k | Go, Docker | 25 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | Keila Reliable and easy-to-use newsletter tool (alternative to Mailchimp and Sendinblue). | Steady · 62 | 2.2k | Docker | 6 Sept 2026 | |
| 4 | phpList Newsletter and email marketing with advanced management of subscribers, bounces, and plugins. | Slowing · 50 | 872 | PHP | 9 Aug 2026 | |
| 5 | Sympa Mailing list manager. | Slowing · 41 | 315 | Perl | 14 Aug 2026 | |
| 6 | Dittofeed Omni-channel customer engagement and messaging automation platform (alternative to Braze, Customer.io, Iterable). | Slowing · 38 | 3k | Docker | 28 Mar 2026 | |
| 7 | HyperKitty Access GNU Mailman v3 archives. | Unrated | — | Python | 21 Sept 2024 | |
| 8 | Postorius Web user interface to access GNU Mailman. | Unrated | — | Python | 21 Sept 2024 | |
| 9 | Mailman Manage electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. | Unrated | — | Python | — | |
| 10 | mlmmj Mailing list management made joyful. | Unrated | — | C | — | |
| 11 | Schleuder GPG-enabled mailing list manager with resending-capabilities. | Unrated | — | Ruby | — | |
| 12 | Sendy Self-hosted email newsletter application that lets you send bulk emails via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) or other S | Unrated | — | PHP | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Mautic is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 95/100. Listmonk is the closest runner-up (65/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.