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phpList

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Open-source email marketing and newsletter manager

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Long-running open-source newsletter tool ticks along in maintenance mode

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◆Current state
phpList is a mature, self-hosted email/newsletter manager moving slowly through release-candidate cycles. Recent tags are RCs and maintenance point releases (3.6.13 through a 3.7.0 RC), with changelog text that's mostly boilerplate download guidance rather than described changes. There's little user-facing detail in the notes.
◆Where it's heading
The cadence is the story: small maintenance releases spaced months apart, RC-then-stable, with no new feature direction visible in the entries. A jump to a 3.7.0 RC suggests a minor version bump is being prepared, but its contents aren't described here.
◆Prediction
Expect 3.7.0 to eventually graduate from RC to stable, continuing the slow maintenance rhythm; nothing in these entries points to a feature expansion.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1y ago

    phpList 3.7.0-RC1

    First release candidate for the 3.7.0 minor version, flagged as not for production. No changes are described, so its scope is unclear from the entry alone.

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  2. 2y ago

    phpList version 3.6.15

    A stable maintenance release in the 3.6 line; the notes link out rather than enumerate changes, consistent with the project's terse release style.

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  3. 2y ago

    Translation strings marked work-in-progress for 3.6.15

    A release-candidate step that only marks updated translations as work-in-progress — internal housekeeping ahead of the 3.6.15 stable cut.

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  4. 2y ago

    phpList version 3.6.15 RC1

    The first 3.6.15 release candidate, offered for community testing before the stable release. No specific changes are listed.

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  5. 2y ago

    phpList version 3.6.14

    A stable point release in the 3.6 line. As with other phpList tags, the entry points to external release notes rather than listing changes inline.

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  6. 2y ago

    phpList version 3.6.14 RC1

    The first 3.6.14 release candidate for community testing ahead of stable. No described changes in the entry.

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