ranking
Best self-hosted email
Open-source platforms you can run on your own infrastructure.
criteria
- License clarity
- Operational maturity
- Community activity
- 01
Postal
Self-hosted TransactionalMost mature open-source SMTP-server replacement.
- 02
mailcow
Self-hostedFull Dockerized mail and groupware suite with admin UI, Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, and SOGo.
- 03
maddy
Self-hostedCompact all-in-one mail server with SMTP, MX receipt, IMAP, DKIM, SPF, DMARC, DANE, and MTA-STS.
- 04
Plunk
Self-hosted MarketingUnified marketing plus transactional in a single AGPL app.
- 05
Listmonk
Newsletter Self-hostedSingle-binary newsletter manager. Bring your own SMTP.
- 06
Cuttlefish
Self-hosted TransactionalSelf-hosted transactional email dashboard around Postfix with bounce handling and analytics.
- 07
Novu
Notifications Self-hostedOpen-source notification infrastructure with email as one channel.
- 08
Ghost
Newsletter Self-hostedSelf-hosted publishing with built-in newsletters.