Listmonk

Email Marketing

A self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that ships as a single binary and uses your own SMTP provider.

Open-source alternative to:

Mailchimp

Visit Listmonk GitHub Docs

AGPL-3.0Self-hostedFully featured free edition

Screenshot of the Listmonk website — Homepage of listmonk.app

What the free edition leaves out

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The free edition covers the features teams usually need; we found nothing important held back. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.

Open-core feature checklist for Listmonk
Feature	Free edition	Details	Source
SSO / SAML	Free	The homepage lists OIDC single sign-on with granular roles and permissions. SAML is not mentioned.	Source ↗
Role-based access control	Free	User roles and per-list roles are available (v4.0.0 and later).	Source ↗
Audit logs	Not confirmed	Not mentioned on the pages read.	Source ↗
Multi-user / teams	Free	Admins can create multiple system users with different roles and per-list access.	Source ↗
Backups and restore	Not confirmed	Docs tell you to take a Postgres backup before upgrading and show restoring from a SQL dump; no built-in backup tool found.	Source ↗
API access	Free	Every dashboard feature is available through a JSON HTTP API with API users and tokens.	Source ↗
Support SLA	Not confirmed	No paid support or SLA is described; only docs and GitHub.	Source ↗

Best for

Developers and small teams who want a self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with their own SMTP provider.

Why choose it over Mailchimp

Free and open source (AGPL-3.0) with no subscriber-based pricing from the project; you pay only for hosting and SMTP. Roles, per-list permissions, OIDC SSO and a full API are included at no cost.

Where it falls short

There is no official hosted version, only third-party hosting providers. You manage SMTP, deliverability, backups and upgrades yourself.

Open-source alternative to

Mailchimp — Listmonk is a self-hosted, open-source tool for sending newsletters and managing mailing lists, so it can replace Mailchimp without per-subscriber fees.

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