Open-source publishing & newsletters
Replacing: Substack
| Project | What it is | Stars | Last release | Replaces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Active MIT | Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters. | 55.6k | Oct 27, 2026 | Substack |
| listmonk Active AGPL-3.0 | High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app. | 24.0k | Oct 28, 2026 | Mailchimp, Substack |
| WriteFreely Active AGPL-3.0 | A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community. | 5.3k | Aug 10, 2026 | Substack |