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Listmonk vs LinkStack
Listmonk has 23,471 GitHub stars, 2,604 forks, 111 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. LinkStack has 3,870 stars, 438 forks, 50 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Listmonk leads on adoption by 506% (23,471 vs 3,870 stars). Listmonk is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; LinkStack is written in PHP under AGPL-3.0. Listmonk has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, LinkStack 11%. Listmonk was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (self-hosted), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | LinkStack | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-07-21 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 438 |
| 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 LinkStack if
- You want the LinkStack feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and LinkStack 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 LinkStack
LinkStack is an open source PHP web application, listed with Laravel and Blade topics, that provides a self hosted link sharing page for a person or organization. It lives in the Linktree alternative ecosystem and presents one organized page containing many links.
read the full LinkStack overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Listmonk or LinkStack more popular?
Listmonk has 23,471 GitHub stars and LinkStack has 3,870. Listmonk has the larger community by that measure.
Are Listmonk and LinkStack free?
Both are open source. Listmonk is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and LinkStack under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Listmonk and LinkStack?
Listmonk is written in Go and LinkStack 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 LinkStack?
Choose Listmonk if you want the larger community (23,471 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose LinkStack if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.