Listmonk

Is Listmonk actively maintained?

Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 226 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 34 of them.

Activity is cooling: commits are down 63% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.

The most recent tagged release, nightly, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.

Of the 12 projects we track in Communication - Email - Mailing Lists and Newsletters, Listmonk ranks #2 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.

What Listmonk actually does

Listmonk is a self-hosted application designed for managing mailing lists and sending newsletters through a web dashboard. It provides administrative tools to handle subscriber databases, campaigns, and delivery tracking from your own infrastructure.

Best fit: It is well-suited for developers and organisations who want to run their own bulk email infrastructure without relying on third-party SaaS providers.

Worth knowing: You must manage your own email deliverability reputation, SMTP relay configuration, and bounce handling, which can require significant operational effort. The copyleft AGPL-3.0 licence may also impose restrictions if you modify and network the software.

Deployment notes

As a containerised Go application, deployment typically involves Docker and requires persistent storage for data alongside a relational database such as PostgreSQL.

Links

• Official website
• Source code
• Live demo