Download the compose file to the current directory. by knadh

High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app.

email-marketingnewsletternewsletter-managementmailing-listsmtpself-hostedlistmonkemail-subscriptioncampaign-managementcampaignsms-gatewaytransactional-emails
Verdict 76/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty 1 open CVE Last release 7 days ago

Self-host Download the compose file to the current directory. on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $106/year vs Mailchimp.

Health score
76 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
20k
2.0k forks

About Download the compose file to the current directory.

From the project's README at github.com/knadh/listmonk. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

listmonk is a standalone, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager. It is fast, feature-rich, and packed into a single binary. It uses a PostgreSQL database as its data store.

Visit listmonk.app for more info. Check out the live demo. Installation Docker

The latest image is available on DockerHub at [](https://hub.docker.com/r/listmonk/listmonk/tags?page=1&ordering=lastupdated&name=latest). Download and use the sample docker-compose.yml.

Binary Download the latest release and extract the listmonk binary. to generate config.toml. Edit it.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
85
maturity
100
community
90
security
85
sustainability
53
adoption
39

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 20k github.com/knadh/listmonk
GitHub forks 2.0k github.com/knadh/listmonk

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age6.9 yearssince Jun 2019
Last commit7 days agoApr 30, 2026
Releases shipped40last: 7 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

4 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2026-21483.

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