Haraka vs Postal
A side-by-side comparison of Haraka and Postal — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Fast, highly extensible event-driven SMTP server in Node.js | Self-hosted mail delivery platform, a SendGrid/Mailgun alternative |
| Category | Email & Newsletters | Email & Newsletters |
| Replaces | SendGrid | SendGrid |
| GitHub stars | 5.2k | 17k |
| Language | JavaScript | Ruby |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 4/5 Involved | 4/5 Involved |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Docker Compose Manual |
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| Last updated | 1 month ago | 18 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
