Keila
Reliable and easy-to-use newsletter tool (alternative to Mailchimp and Sendinblue).
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 57% of tracked projects; popularity more than 52%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.2k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 0.30.3 · 6 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Keila actively maintained?
Keila is under active development: 367 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 19 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 58% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, 0.30.3, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 12 projects we track in Communication - Email - Mailing Lists and Newsletters, Keila ranks #3 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Keila actually does
Keila is a self-hosted newsletter management system designed as an alternative to commercial email marketing services like Mailchimp and Sendinblue. It allows you to handle contact lists, compose campaigns, and dispatch mass emails directly from your own infrastructure. The software is distributed under the AGPL-3.0 licence and relies on containerised deployment.
Best fit: This is a good fit for individuals or small teams who want to move their email campaigns off third-party platforms and maintain full control over subscriber data.
Worth knowing: Self-hosting an email dispatch tool requires careful configuration of DNS records like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to avoid deliverability issues. Additionally, the AGPL-3.0 licence imposes strict copyleft obligations if you modify the code and offer it as a service over a network.
Deployment notes
Deployment is handled via Docker, which typically requires mapping persistent volumes for database storage and setting up a reverse proxy to manage TLS certificates.
Keila as a replacement for
Alternatives to Keila
Projects in the same categories, ordered by health score.
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Mailing list manager.
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