Sympa
Sympa is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Newsletters & Mailing Lists category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in Perl. It is a self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp. It has 315 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Aug 14, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 315
- Forks
- 147
- Open issues
- 236
- Commits, last 12 months
- 71
- Last commit
- Aug 14, 2026
- Latest release
- 6.2.80Aug 14, 2026
- Created
- Jan 19, 2017
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Aug 14, 2026, 71 commits in 12 months.
- Welcomes contributors11 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Aug 14, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 71 |
| Latest release | 6.2.80 (Aug 14, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 71 |
| Open issues | 236 |
| Open pull requests | 13 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jan 19, 2017 |
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About Sympa
Mailing list manager.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/sympa-community/sympa.
Topics
- sympa
- mailing-list
- mailinglist
- discussion-platform
- hacktoberfest
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Is Sympa free and open source?
Yes. Sympa is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 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 Sympa with Docker?
Sympa does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Perl), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Sympa?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Sympa include Listmonk, Mautic and Dittofeed. Sympa itself is a self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp.
Is Sympa actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Sympa was on Aug 14, 2026 with 71 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 6.2.80, published Aug 14, 2026. It had 236 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.