# Ghosler - Newsletters without Mailgun! **URL:** \ **Category:** Integrations & API\ **Created:** [December 9, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262 "2023-12-09T16:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![itznotabug](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/itznotabug/32/27788_2.png) [@itznotabug](https://forum.ghost.org/u/itznotabug)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/1 "2023-12-09T16:16:45Z")
Hello everyone 👋, I recently setup a private blog via Ghost & its pretty amazing to work with. The editor, the themes and obviously the community! However I stumbled upon the issue which quite many have had about Mailgun x Newsletter. Mailgun is fine when you have a good userbase, however it doesn’t fit well when you are just starting up or have a small & selective user-base (private access sites with limited, selected users). I checked quite many posts on this same forum & none had solutions (afaik). So I built one, thanks to Ghost supporting custom integrations! Introducing **Ghosler** - Ghost Newsletters, an open sourced project that does some of the work to solve this issue. Send emails when you publish a post! Check out the project: [GitHub - ItzNotABug/ghosler: Send newsletter emails to your members, using your own email credentials!](https://github.com/ItzNotABug/ghosler) **Note** : I wasn’t sure whether to add this post in Off-Topic or somewhere else but since this was baked with Ghost Integration support, I have posted here. Let me know if this isn’t supposed to be here. Happy Publishing! ---
**Author:** ![itznotabug](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/itznotabug/32/27788_2.png) [@itznotabug](https://forum.ghost.org/u/itznotabug)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/2 "2023-12-25T13:14:08Z")
`Ghosler` now supports quite a lot of features & customizations. - ### Screenshots | ![Ghosler - Newsletter Preview](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/d/4/d4db62ea9106db619e49dbbd1c62ab03b1050e0a.jpeg) | ![Ghosler - Newsletter Preview](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/6/d/6d6884e7d9eb916135f4c4ea2318bc8b03aad526.png) | ![Ghosler - Newsletter Preview](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/9/1/91fe5ab4c2811cd3624a5377cfe9afa872c1e6eb.jpeg) | ![Ghosler - Newsletter Preview](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/9/7/9788b3ea3f54ad994780dc5ddc79e0e96ff97104.jpeg) | - ### Key Features - **Support for Multiple Email Accounts** : Distribute newsletters through various email accounts, dividing member counts accordingly. - **Tracking Email Performance** : Monitor email deliverability and open rates. - **Customize Newsletter** : You can customize the newsletter via Settings, or go full on by providing a [custom template](https://github.com/itznotabug/ghosler/#custom-template). - **Paid & Free Members Management** : Ghosler shows a **Subscribe** button to members who do not have access to paid content. - **URL Click Tracking in Emails** : Ghosler supports tracking URL clicks in the email, providing more insights on how your members are interacting with added links. - **Newsletter Post Feedback** : Gain insights into reader preferences with detailed feedback on each post, including likes, dislikes, and overall sentiment. Don’t forget to ⭐ the project if you like it! ---
**Author:** ![itznotabug](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/itznotabug/32/27788_2.png) [@itznotabug](https://forum.ghost.org/u/itznotabug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/3 "2023-12-30T12:19:12Z")
Ghosler now also supports Native Ghost Widgets (Cards)! Checkout the [latest feature](https://github.com/ItzNotABug/ghosler/pull/17) if ya’ll are interested to look at the screenshots! Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![barnabynagy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/barnabynagy/32/28464_2.png) [@barnabynagy](https://forum.ghost.org/u/barnabynagy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/4 "2024-01-18T14:31:39Z")
Ghost says SMTP should not be used to send the newsletter and by looking at your github it seems to me that it uses that. Thoughts? > **Ghosler** enables easy sending of newsletters using your own email and SMTP credentials. ---
**Author:** ![itznotabug](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/itznotabug/32/27788_2.png) [@itznotabug](https://forum.ghost.org/u/itznotabug)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/5 "2024-01-18T16:10:08Z")
Hey @barnabynagy, Thanks for checking out the project. Ghosler allows using multiple email accounts (via SMTP) with a lot of customisation over the default newsletter template. Ghost’s recommendation for not using SMTP is for transactional emails which are good if you have a moderate to high user base. Hence if you have a smaller or even private user-base, Ghosler suffices the requirement. Even with Email / SMTP providers, like SES with higher limits in your plan, Ghosler works just fine :) ---
**Author:** ![barnabynagy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/barnabynagy/32/28464_2.png) [@barnabynagy](https://forum.ghost.org/u/barnabynagy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/6 "2024-01-18T16:21:49Z")
Well I need a non SMTP because I’m sending to lots of subs ---
**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/7 "2024-01-18T17:42:17Z")
> [@itznotabug](#): > > Ghost’s recommendation for not using SMTP is for transactional emails which are good if you have a moderate to high user base. It’s actually the opposite, for 1:1 emails, Ghost doesn’t suggest a specific provider. For newsletters, Ghost suggests _not_ using SMTP, preferring a bulk provider. Mailgun is the only fully integrated bulk provider at this time. > **[Why do I have to set up Mailgun for newsletters?](https://ghost.org/docs/faq/mailgun-newsletters/)** > > Sending bulk email to many recipients using SMTP is not supported. In order to send newsletters from Ghost you'll need to setup Bulk Mail with Mailgun. ---
**Author:** ![itznotabug](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/itznotabug/32/27788_2.png) [@itznotabug](https://forum.ghost.org/u/itznotabug)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/8 "2024-01-19T04:37:29Z")
Hey @vikaspotluri123, You are right, I actually meant newsletters and not transactional emails. ---
**Author:** ![ratchet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/ratchet/32/28632_2.png) [@ratchet](https://forum.ghost.org/u/ratchet)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/9 "2024-01-28T13:37:40Z")
Haven’t checked it out yet just yet, I am in the next day or two though. Got it marked in my work stack. But I wanted to say regardless, thank you for stepping up and being a part of the Open Source community. ---
**Author:** ![gohere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gohere](https://forum.ghost.org/u/gohere)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/10 "2024-02-03T12:44:13Z")
So we know Mailgun is officially integrated, but what about other newsletter providers? I am really unable to use other bulk providers such as SendInBlue (now Brevo), MailChimp, [Sender.net](http://Sender.net) ? I mean without Zapier. I remember these providers also have SMTP credentials so those might be ok for bulk sending? ---
**Author:** ![jannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jannis/32/39718_2.png) [@jannis](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jannis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/11 "2024-02-03T14:40:07Z")
Ghost officially only supports Mailgun, correct: > **[Why do I have to set up Mailgun for newsletters?](https://ghost.org/docs/faq/mailgun-newsletters/)** > > Sending bulk email to many recipients using SMTP is not supported. In order to send newsletters from Ghost you'll need to setup Bulk Mail with Mailgun. The plugin/integration in this thread aims at letting you use other bulk mail senders/SMTP though. Using that is not related to the Ghost software though, and basically a standalone tool. ---
**Author:** ![itznotabug](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/itznotabug/32/27788_2.png) [@itznotabug](https://forum.ghost.org/u/itznotabug)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/12 "2024-02-10T13:07:06Z")
Ghosler now supports managing **Multiple Newsletters**! Earlier it was restricted to only one or the first newsletter available. Checkout the [Pull Request](https://github.com/ItzNotABug/ghosler/pull/32) for more info. on how it is done! Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![itznotabug](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/itznotabug/32/27788_2.png) [@itznotabug](https://forum.ghost.org/u/itznotabug)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/13 "2024-03-26T15:42:17Z")
Update: **Ghosler** now has out of the box **Docker Container** support! * * * See the [Pull Request](https://github.com/ItzNotABug/ghosler/pull/40) for more info. on how it is implemented! Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![ChiuAlfredo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/chiualfredo/32/37039_2.png) [@ChiuAlfredo](https://forum.ghost.org/u/ChiuAlfredo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/14 "2025-07-30T04:24:35Z")
I have implemented some updates to prevent email-related errors. The revised code has been pushed to my repository: [GitHub - ChiuAlfredo/ghosler: Send newsletter emails to your Ghost CMS subscribers & members, using your own email credentials!](https://github.com/ChiuAlfredo/ghosler). ---
**Author:** ![dashamir.hoxha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/dashamir.hoxha/32/40447_2.png) [@dashamir.hoxha](https://forum.ghost.org/u/dashamir.hoxha)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghosler-newsletters-without-mailgun/43262/15 "2026-05-11T09:53:37Z")
I have installed the latest version of Ghost (with docker compose). Does Ghosler still work with this one?