List of mailing list software

This is a list of notable electronic mailing list software, which facilitate the widespread distribution of email to many Internet users.

Name	Initial release	Latest stable release	Latest release date	Written in	Licenses
Dada Mail	2000-01	11.22.0^[1]	2023-09-18[±]	Perl	GNU GPL
Discourse	2013	3.3.3^[2]	2024-12-19; 10 days ago[±]	Ruby	GNU GPLv2 +
ezmlm-idx	1997-06-15^[3]	7.2.2^[4]	2014-05-15	C	GNU GPLv2
GNU Mailman	1999-07-30^[5]	3.3.9^[6]	2023-10-20[±]	Python, some C	GNU GPLv2 +
GroupServer	2005	16.04^[7]	2016-03-01	Python, some C	GNU GPL
LISTSERV	1986	17.0^[8]	2019-07-09	?	Proprietary
Majordomo	1992-06	1.94.5^[9]	2000-01-19	Perl	Majordomo License Agreement
phpList	2000-03^[10]	3.6.14^[11]	2023-10-04[±]	PHP	AGPL
Sympa	1997-04-01	6.2.14^[12]	2016-02-26; 2020-02-24; 2020-05-24; 2020-10-20; 2021-01-04; 2021-04-27; 2021-06-30; 2021-09-29; 2022-01-25; 2022-11-11; 2023-06-01	Perl, some C	GNU GPL

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

References

^ "Dada Mail 11.22.0 Released!". dadamailproject.com. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
^ "Release 3.3.3". 19 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
^ "HISTORY". untroubled.org. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Archive". untroubled.org. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ Warsaw, Barry A. (30 July 1999). "Mailman 1.0". mailman-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 2008-12-09.
^ "Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager". gnu.org. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
^ "GroupServer 16.04 — Pastis proffered politely — GroupServer 16.04 documentation". groupserver.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
^ L-Soft. "New in LISTSERV 17.0". L-Soft. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
^ http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/ ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Changelog for phplist
^ "Releases: phpList /phplist3". github.com. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
^ David Verdin (26 February 2016). "Sympa 6.2.14 released". Retrieved 20 April 2020.