Listmonk
Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager
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Listmonk is a free alternative to Mailchimp.
Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager for campaigns and transactional messages.
- for
- Developers and teams needing on-premise email marketing and transactional mail.
- pricing
- free
- license
- AGPL-3.0
Key features
- One-binary deployment — Single binary with low CPU and memory usage runs on all major OSes.
- High-performance queues — Multi-threaded, multi-SMTP queues with rate limiting for millions of emails.
- SQL-based segmentation — Query and segment subscribers using SQL expressions.
- Rich templating — Go templating language with drag-and-drop builder, Markdown, HTML and 100+ functions.
- Built-in analytics — Visualize campaign performance, bounces, top links and more.
- Transactional API — Simple API to send transactional messages via email, SMS, WhatsApp or other messengers.
- Extensible webhooks — Messenger HTTP webhooks for SMS, WhatsApp, FCM notifications and custom channels.
- Full privacy & auth — OIDC SSO, granular roles, permissions and API tokens; media library with S3-compatible backend.
Use cases
- Send a marketing campaign to millions of subscribers with rate-limited delivery.
- Trigger transactional emails or SMS from an application via the API.
- Segment users with complex SQL queries for targeted messaging.
- Create dynamic email templates using Go templating and a visual editor.
Listmonk vs alternatives
 Listmonk |  Twilio |  SendGrid |  Postmark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Self-hosted email campaigns and transactional mail | Hosted email API | Communications APIs | Cloud email marketing | Transactional email service |
| Pricing | Free | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Launched | — | — | — | — | — |
- Listmonk vs Resend: Resend is a hosted email API service, while listmonk is self-hosted and includes a UI and analytics.
- Listmonk vs Twilio: Twilio offers SMS/voice/email APIs as a service; listmonk runs on-premise and adds newsletter management.
- Listmonk vs SendGrid: SendGrid provides cloud email delivery and marketing tools; listmonk is a self-hosted binary with full control.
- Listmonk vs Postmark: Postmark focuses on transactional email delivery as a service; listmonk combines transactional and marketing emails on-premise.
Listmonk FAQ
How is listmonk installed?+
Download the binary for your OS or use the Docker image, then run ./listmonk --new-config and ./listmonk --install to set up the Postgres DB.
Does listmonk support transactional messages?+
Yes, it provides a simple API to send transactional messages via email, SMS, WhatsApp or other messenger interfaces.
Can I segment subscribers with complex criteria?+
Subscribers can be queried and segmented using SQL expressions, allowing advanced filtering.
What analytics does listmonk provide?+
Built-in analytics show campaign performance, bounce rates, top links and other metrics.
Is listmonk open source?+
Yes, it is free and open source software licensed under AGPLv3.
What languages/frameworks is listmonk built with?+
The backend is written in Go and the frontend uses Vue with Buefy.
Summarized by DevHunt from listmonk.app · Oct 7, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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