In simple English
Notifuse lets you run your own email newsletter and marketing service. You can design messages with a visual editor, build automated customer journeys, and send them through providers like Amazon SES. It saves you from paying high monthly fees to commercial email services. You need a server to run it and some technical skill to set it up. Some advanced features need a paid key, but the core sending path is free.
What it is
An open-source, self-hosted email marketing and newsletter platform built with Go and React. It combines campaign management, drag-and-drop template editing, and multi-step automations with built-in web analytics.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want to run their own email lists and transactional messaging without paying per-contact fees to services like Mailchimp.
- Sends newsletters, automated drips, and API transactional mail from one dashboard.
- Includes a visual drag-and-drop template builder and support for seven delivery providers.
- Comes with built-in cookieless web analytics that run on your own PostgreSQL database.
- Uses a Business Source License that converts to open source after four years, and some advanced features need a commercial key.
- Requires PostgreSQL 17 or newer and enough memory to run containerised Go and React services.
- The project does not accept external pull requests from the community.
Mailchimp, Brevo, and other hosted email marketing services.
PostgreSQL for data storage and Amazon SES for email delivery.
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git clone https://github.com/Notifuse/notifuse.git cd notifuse docker compose up -d