Keila
Keila is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Newsletters & Mailing Lists category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Elixir. It is a self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp and Substack and ships a Docker image. It has 2,248 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,248
- Forks
- 176
- Open issues
- 66
- Commits, last 12 months
- 423
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- 0.30.3Sep 6, 2026
- Created
- Jan 1, 2021
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 423 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases9 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors5 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 423 |
| Latest release | 0.30.3 (Sep 6, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 9 |
| Releases, all time | 56 |
| Open issues | 66 |
| Open pull requests | 12 |
| Good first issues | 5 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jan 1, 2021 |
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About Keila
Reliable and easy-to-use newsletter tool (alternative to Mailchimp and Sendinblue).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/pentacent/keila.
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Is Keila free and open source?
Yes. Keila is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Keila with Docker?
Yes. Keila provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Keila?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Keila include Listmonk, Mautic and Dittofeed. Keila itself is a self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp and Substack.
Is Keila actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Keila was on Oct 24, 2026 with 423 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 0.30.3, published Sep 6, 2026. It had 66 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.