Listmonk vs Keila: Self-Hosted Newsletter Showdown

If you're ditching Mailchimp for a self-hosted newsletter platform, Listmonk and Keila are your top options. Here's how they stack up on performance, features, and ease of use. Quick Verdict Listmonk is the better choice for most self-hosters. It's faster, lighter, handles massive subscriber lists without flinching, and has a more mature ecosystem. Keila wins on ease of use and built-in features like contact forms and segmentation UI — but Listmonk's raw performance and simplicity make it the default recommendation. Overview Listmonk is a high-performance newsletter and mailing list manager written in Go. Single binary, PostgreSQL backend, ships millions of emails. It's been around since 2019, has 15,000+ GitHub stars, and is the go-to self-hosted Mailchimp replacement. Keila is an Elixir-based newsletter tool that focuses on a polished user experience. It launched in 2021, offers built-in contact forms, WYSIWYG and Markdown editors, and a clean segmentation interface. Smaller communit