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Mailtrain

Self-hosted newsletter application

Mail Servers ★ 5.8k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Mailtrain is a self-hosted newsletter application built on Node.js that can handle large subscriber lists. It supports custom fields, automations, and campaign reporting.

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Key features

  • Manages large subscriber lists
  • Custom fields and segmentation
  • Automation workflows
  • Campaign statistics

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 5.8k GitHub stars
  • Written in JavaScript

Trade-offs

  • Slower recent development
  • Setup complexity

Is Mailtrain secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Mailtrain's latest release (v2.20210609.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2020-24617, published 2021-02-19 (2063 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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