phpList
phpList is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Newsletters & Mailing Lists category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp. It has 877 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 19, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 877
- Forks
- 289
- Open issues
- 85
- Commits, last 12 months
- 29
- Last commit
- Oct 19, 2026
- Latest release
- v3.6.17Aug 9, 2026
- Created
- Mar 11, 2015
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 19, 2026, 29 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 19, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 29 |
| Latest release | v3.6.17 (Aug 9, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 78 |
| Open issues | 85 |
| Open pull requests | 13 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Mar 11, 2015 |
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About phpList
Newsletter and email marketing with advanced management of subscribers, bounces, and plugins.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/phpList/phplist3.
Topics
- email-marketing
- email-marketing-campaigns
- digital-marketing
- email-campaigns
- bounce-messages
- marketing-emails
- marketing-tools
- marketing-statistics
- marketing-api
- phplist
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Is phpList free and open source?
Yes. phpList 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 phpList with Docker?
phpList does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to phpList?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to phpList include Listmonk, Mautic and Dittofeed. phpList itself is a self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp.
Is phpList actively maintained?
The most recent commit to phpList was on Oct 19, 2026 with 29 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v3.6.17, published Aug 9, 2026. It had 85 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.