Keila
Reliable and easy-to-use newsletter tool (alternative to Mailchimp and Sendinblue).
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Still maintained? Yes: 89 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.40.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Mailchimp.
At a glance
Keila quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,259
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.40.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Keila
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Keila is an Open Source alternative to newsletter tools like Mailchimp or Sendinblue."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Keila scores 93/100, #2 of 12 in Communication - Email - Mailing Lists and Newsletters: 89 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.40.0, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,259 stars add 13.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
89 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.40.0 released yesterday
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.4 / 20
2.3k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 89
- Last 90 days
- 443
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 12 tools in Communication - Email - Mailing Lists and Newsletters by health , between Listmonk (#1) and Mautic (#3) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 0.40.0 · yesterday |
| Stars | 2,259 |
| Open issues | 66 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | pentacent/keila ↗ |
Keila vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Keila (Communication - Email - Mailing Lists and Newsletters), scored on the same five terms.
Keila: common questions
What does Keila replace?
Repoly lists Keila as an open-source alternative to Mailchimp. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Keila stands against the others.
Is Keila still maintained?
Keila had 89 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 0.40.0, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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