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Listmonk vs github-profile-views-counter
Listmonk has 23,472 GitHub stars, 2,607 forks, 111 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. github-profile-views-counter has 5,024 stars, 429 forks, 11 open issues and last shipped 8 months ago. Listmonk leads on adoption by 367% (23,472 vs 5,024 stars). Listmonk is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; github-profile-views-counter is written in PHP under MIT. Listmonk has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, github-profile-views-counter 9%. Listmonk 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 | github-profile-views-counter | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 5.0K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-01-26 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 429 |
| 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 github-profile-views-counter if
- You want the github-profile-views-counter feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and github-profile-views-counter 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.
read the full Listmonk overview →
About github-profile-views-counter
GitHub Profile Views Counter is a free, MIT licensed PHP micro service that counts how many times a GitHub profile has been viewed and renders that number as a badge inside the profile's own README.
read the full github-profile-views-counter overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Listmonk or github-profile-views-counter more popular?
Listmonk has 23,472 GitHub stars and github-profile-views-counter has 5,024. Listmonk has the larger community by that measure.
Are Listmonk and github-profile-views-counter free?
Both are open source. Listmonk is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and github-profile-views-counter under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Listmonk and github-profile-views-counter?
Listmonk is written in Go and github-profile-views-counter in PHP. 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 github-profile-views-counter?
Choose Listmonk if you want the larger community (23,472 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose github-profile-views-counter if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.