listmonk
An AGPLv3 newsletter and mailing-list manager distributed as a standalone application backed by PostgreSQL.
You want to manage lists and campaigns while keeping application hosting under your control.
Task collection
Publish an owned newsletter
Choose an editorial system, list manager and delivery owner deliberately.
How the pieces fit
Ghost(Pro) may cover several jobs in one managed service. WordPress plus a list manager and transport is an alternative that requires more explicit configuration. These options are alternatives where their roles overlap.
A practical sequence
- Choose an editorial workflow and subscription record.
- Select one list-management path; avoid competing sources of subscription truth.
- Configure transport, suppression and recovery, then test a consented end-to-end send.
Do not connect all four by default; verify list and suppression ownership before any real sending.
Resources for the task
Ghost(Pro)
Managed Ghost publishing plans combine a website, audience features, newsletters and tier-dependent integrations.
You need an owned publication with a maintained hosting service and a clear editor workflow.
WordPress core
A GPLv2-or-later publishing application; the inspected GitHub repository is a mirror rather than the contribution target.
You need extensible publishing and can maintain hosting, themes and the selected plugin set.
Resend
An email delivery service whose pricing separates transactional and marketing email and documents SMTP relay support.
A developer owns email delivery and you need transport with a clearly defined sending use case.