20 Oct 2026 → v7.0.0-beta.1 is released

Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager

Performance and features packed into a single binary.
Free and open source.

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listmonk dashboard with subscriber totals, campaign activity, engagement charts, and system statistics

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The latest version is v7.0.0-beta.1 released on 20 Oct 2026. See release notes.

Docker

Download and use the sample docker-compose.yml

# Download the compose file to the current directory.
curl -LO https://github.com/knadh/listmonk/raw/master/docker-compose.yml

# To run the latest v7 beta, edit the compose file and
# change the image to: listmonk/listmonk:beta

# Run Postgres and listmonk in the background.
docker compose up -d

Visit http://localhost:9000

Installation docs → listmonk@DockerHub

3rd party hosting

One-click hosted listmonk instances from various 3rd party providers

Deploy to Nodion One-click deploy on Kloudbean One-click deploy on Northflank One-click deploy on Railway Deploy with Zenith Deploy on PikaPod Deploy on Elestio Deploy on Zeabur Deploy to Cloudzy Runs faster on LumaDock Deploy on Pethost Deploy on podway
*listmonk has no affiliation with the listed 3rd party providers

Packed with features

Single binary alongside a Postgres database.

One-way mailing lists

Manage millions of subscribers across single and double opt-in lists. Query and segment subscribers with SQL expressions.

Mailing lists with public and private visibility, opt-in types, and subscriber counts

Analytics

Built-in analytics to visualize campaign performance, bounces, top links and more across campaigns.

Campaign views compared with a line chart and a breakdown by campaign

Templating

Create powerful, dynamic e-mail templates with the Go templating language. Use template expressions, logic, and 100+ functions in subject lines and content. Write HTML e-mails using a visual drag-and-drop builder, a WYSIWYG editor, Markdown, raw syntax-highlighted HTML, or just plain text.

Visual email builder with a personalized newsletter and heading design controls

Performance

Multi-threaded, high-throughput, multi-SMTP e-mail queues. Throughput and sliding window rate limiting for fine grained control. Single binary application with nominal CPU and memory footprint that runs everywhere.

Screenshot of performance metrics
A production listmonk instance sending a campaign of 7+ million e-mails. CPU usage is a fraction of a single core with peak RAM usage of 57 MB.

Transactional mails

Simple API to send arbitrary transactional messages to subscribers using pre-defined templates. Send messages as e-mail, SMS, Whatsapp messages or any medium via Messenger interfaces.

Transactional email template using subscriber names, order numbers, and shipping dates

Extensibility

More than just e-mail campaigns. Messenger HTTP webhooks to send SMS, Whatsapp, FCM notifications, or any type of messages. Extensive API coverage for all features.

Custom SMS messenger configuration with an HTTP endpoint and authentication fields

And a lot more

Privacy

Full privacy control for subscribers, including getting their own data exported or completely removed.

Access

OIDC single sign-on, granular roles and permissions, and scoped API tokens.

Media

A built-in media library with support for S3-compatible storage.

Built for everyone.

And works for everyone too.

listmonk works well whether you are an individual running a newsletter with a few hundred subscribers on a tiny VPS, or a large organisation serving millions of subscribers. Extremely tiny footprint and very low maintenance.

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