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Open source / beehiiv

Open-source alternatives to beehiiv

Ghost and listmonk are open source: free to download and run on your own server. beehiiv costs from $49 a month, with a free plan.

Ghost

Open source (MIT) · Open-source publishing for newsletters, memberships and blogs

Ghost is a publishing platform for websites, email newsletters and paid memberships. Run it yourself, or use Ghost(Pro), the managed service whose revenue funds the non-profit Ghost Foundation.

  • Website and blog
  • Email newsletters
  • Paid memberships
  • Themes
  • Self-hosted or Ghost(Pro)

Free to download and run on your own server under the MIT licence; you pay only for your hosting. Ghost(Pro) is the paid managed version.

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listmonk

Open source (AGPL-3.0) · Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager

listmonk is a fast, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager packed into a single program with a PostgreSQL database. You send through any email service you choose.

  • Newsletters and campaigns
  • Subscriber lists and segments
  • Templates
  • Single binary, easy to run
  • Bring your own email sending service

Free to download and run on your own server under the AGPL-3.0 licence; you pay only for your hosting.

See listmonklistmonk vs beehiivSource code (opens in a new tab)

Before you switch

  • Free to use, not free to run. The licence costs nothing, but self-hosting needs a server (often $5 to $40 a month) and someone to install updates and keep backups.
  • Open core means the main product is open source but some features, usually for larger teams, need a paid licence.
  • Hosted versions exist for many of these, run by the makers. They cost money but save the upkeep, and you can still move to your own server later.
  • Licences differ. MIT and Apache allow almost anything. GPL and AGPL require you to share changes you make to the code; for normal business use, that rarely matters.

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