Listmonk vs phpList
Both are self-hosted communication - email - mailing lists and newsletters projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| Listmonk | phpList | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 65/100 | 50/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 226 | 17 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 34 | 16 |
| Stars | 24k | 872 |
| Latest release | 25 Sept 2026 | 9 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Go, Docker | PHP |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Listmonk
High performance, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 46% of tracked projects; popularity more than 89%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
phpList
Newsletter and email marketing with advanced management of subscribers, bounces, and plugins.
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 9% of tracked projects; popularity more than 32%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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