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listmonk

Web · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely4 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

listmonk is ranked #1 of 189 in email marketing software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Self-hosted Free Free and open source; requires a PostgreSQL database listmonk.app · 4 Oct 2026

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The record

Product: listmonk is a self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager for one-way mailing lists.
Open source: The software is free and open source under the AGPLv3 license.
Transactional messages: Its API can send transactional messages using predefined templates, including through messenger interfaces for email, SMS, and WhatsApp.
Subscribers: It supports single- and double-opt-in lists and says users can manage millions of subscribers and segment them with SQL expressions.
Analytics: Built-in analytics cover campaign performance, bounces, and top links.
Email templates: Templates support Go expressions and functions, a drag-and-drop builder, a WYSIWYG editor, Markdown, HTML, and plain text.
Sending: The software provides multithreaded email queues across multiple SMTP connections, with throughput and sliding-window rate limits.
Integrations: Messenger web services can receive campaign messages as JSON for delivery through services such as SMS or FCM.
API: All dashboard features are available through REST-like HTTP APIs using JSON, with BasicAuth or authorization tokens.
Authentication and roles: It supports OIDC single sign-on and user and list roles with granular permissions.
Security reporting: The project asks vulnerability reports to be submitted through GitHub Security Advisories.
Infrastructure requirement: Running listmonk requires a PostgreSQL database, version 12 or later.
Operating systems: The download page offers 64-bit binaries for Darwin, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows, as well as a Docker image.
Price from: Free

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Sources

listmonk.app/docs/· checked 4 Oct 2026
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listmonk.app/docs/messengers/· checked 4 Oct 2026
listmonk.app/docs/apis/apis/· checked 4 Oct 2026
listmonk.app/docs/roles-and-permissions/· checked 4 Oct 2026
listmonk.app/docs/security-reports/· checked 4 Oct 2026
listmonk.app/docs/installation/· checked 4 Oct 2026