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Listmonk vs Erxes
Listmonk has 23,471 GitHub stars, 2,604 forks, 111 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Erxes has 4,079 stars, 1,306 forks, 657 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Listmonk leads on adoption by 475% (23,471 vs 4,079 stars). Listmonk is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; Erxes is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Listmonk has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Erxes 32%. Erxes was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Listmonk | Erxes | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 4.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Listmonk if
- You weight community size — 23K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Erxes if
- You want the Erxes feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Erxes fits your workflow better
About Listmonk
Listmonk is a standalone, self hosted newsletter and mailing list manager in the open source business software and marketing customer engagement ecosystem. It packages campaign management, subscriber management, and email delivery controls into a single binary application with a modern dashboard, and it uses PostgreSQL as its data store.
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About Erxes
Erxes is an open source growth platform for customer centric teams, positioned as an Experience Operating System, or XOS, within the Business Software / Marketing & Customer Engagement ecosystem. It is described as a secure, self hosted, scalable, and source available experience management infrastructure for SaaS providers, digital marketing agencies, and developers.
read the full Erxes overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Listmonk or Erxes more popular?
Listmonk has 23,471 GitHub stars and Erxes has 4,079. Listmonk has the larger community by that measure.
Are Listmonk and Erxes free?
Both are open source. Listmonk is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Erxes has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Listmonk and Erxes?
Listmonk is written in Go and Erxes in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Listmonk or Erxes?
Choose Listmonk if you want the larger community (23,471 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Erxes if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.