Listmonk vs Plunk

Comparing two open source alternatives to Mailchimp and Kit and Sendgrid and Klaviyo and Campaign Monitor. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Listmonk

AGPL-3.0

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

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Plunk

AGPL-3.0

Open-source email platform for sending transactional and marketing emails, self-hostable with a clean API.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Listmonk	Plunk
License	AGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	No	Yes
GitHub Stars	23,558	5,483
Forks	2,627	403
Open Issues	113	67
Last Commit	Sep 24, 2026	Sep 21, 2026
First Released	Jun 26, 2019	Jul 12, 2024
Categories	Email Marketing & Newsletters Tools	Email Marketing & Newsletters Tools
Tags	#marketing #newsletter #email marketing #campaign	#email marketing #newsletter #automation #email notifications

GitHub stars over time

Listmonk23,558

Plunk

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