Alan Francis

I'm looking at newsletter SaaS now. Any recommendations for EU-hosted / privacy / ideally-not-nazi-platforming focussed mass newsletter email.

Don't need tracking or "engagement" or really anything like that, just a central place to send out updates and news.

Audience in the low thousands rather than millions.

No cost/fee for audience.

Mar 24 at 2:50pmWeb
Show threadHoward Cohen2d ago
@acf would Ghost meet your needs? It’s open source and you can host it yourself.
Show threadAlan Francis2d ago
@hoco I'll take a look, thanks!
Show threadLori M Olson2d ago
@hoco @acf Howard beat me to it. Ghost also operates as a non-profit, so that makes it feel better to me.
Show threadAle Muñoz2d ago

@acf Whatever PikaPods has to offer: https://www.pikapods.com/apps

(They do Ghost, Listmonk and Notifuse, all of which are excellent options)

PikaPods - Instant Open Source App Hosting

Run the finest Open Source web apps from $1.20/month, fully managed, no tracking, no ads, full privacy. Self-hosting was never this convenient.

Show threadAle Muñoz2d ago
@acf Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with them but I’m a happy customer so I’m a bit biased
Show threadAlan Francis2d ago
@bomberstudios Shall have a look. I worry a little as mail is one of those things you can get wrong and get blacklisted, so a specialised server handling the mail seems safer
Show threadAle Muñoz2d ago
@acf As far as I know, for most (all?) of these open source tools, you have to bring your own email sending backend (usually Amazon SES). There are some alternatives listed here https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/ses-amazon-simple-email-service
European alternatives to Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) | European Alternatives

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is the transactional email service of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

European Alternatives
Show threadadrgrunt1d ago
@acf I haven't used it personally, but I've met the person behind https://www.keila.io/ on ElixirConf a couple years ago and they seemed like a very nice fellow. They are on Mastodon too at https://fosstodon.org/@keila
Keila - Open Source Email Newsletters Easy & Reliable

A reliable and easy-to-use email newsletter tool. Keila is an Open Source alternative to Mailchimp that you can host yourself.

Show threadSimon Wolf1d ago
@adrgrunt @acf BTW, I’m very pleased to tell you that we’re (finally! 😅) trying @plausible. It’s been great so far.
Show threadAlan Francis1d ago
@adrgrunt Thanks! I'll take a look.