phpList

Newsletter and email marketing with advanced management of subscribers, bounces, and plugins.

Actively maintained
WebsiteSource code

At a glance

GitHub stars
879
Last activity
2026-10-19
Latest release
v3.7.0-RC5
2026-08-09
Commits (12 mo)
19
License
AGPL-3.0
Language / platform
PHP

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months.

Run phpList yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →
DigitalOcean1 GB$6Deploy →

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