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Listmonk vs LittleLink
Listmonk has 23,471 GitHub stars, 2,604 forks, 111 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. LittleLink has 3,084 stars, 1,536 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Listmonk leads on adoption by 661% (23,471 vs 3,084 stars). Listmonk is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; LittleLink is written in HTML under MIT. Listmonk has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, LittleLink 50%. 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 | LittleLink | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | HTML |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-07-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| 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 LittleLink if
- You want the LittleLink feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches HTML
- You evaluated both and LittleLink 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 LittleLink
LittleLink is a lightweight, self hosted link in bio project in HTML and CSS, released under the MIT license. It is a DIY alternative to Linktree in the marketing and customer engagement ecosystem, where users collect public links in one page. The project solves the problem of presenting multiple branded destinations without a hosted service or a large framework, because a user can fork the repository, edit basic HTML, and publish on their own infrastructure.
read the full LittleLink overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Listmonk or LittleLink more popular?
Listmonk has 23,471 GitHub stars and LittleLink has 3,084. Listmonk has the larger community by that measure.
Are Listmonk and LittleLink free?
Both are open source. Listmonk is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and LittleLink under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Listmonk and LittleLink?
Listmonk is written in Go and LittleLink in HTML. 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 LittleLink?
Choose Listmonk if you want the larger community (23,471 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose LittleLink if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.