QQueue
QQueue is a self-hosted email system that sends campaign, transactional, and manual messages through one SMTP-based pipeline.
What QQueue is
QQueue is a self-hosted email system that sends campaign, transactional, and manual messages through one SMTP-based pipeline. Campaigns support contact lists, dynamic segments, merge fields, A/B subject tests, and per-campaign open and click analytics. Applications can send transactional email through a public HTTP endpoint, organization-scoped API keys, or the TypeScript SDK. Email Studio handles immediate sends, one-time schedules, and recurring cron-based sends with timezone-aware scheduling. QQueue connects to standard SMTP services including Mailcow, Amazon SES, Postmark, Resend, and Brevo; provider-native APIs are not implemented. Tracking includes opens, clicks, signed outbound event webhooks, and an inbound endpoint for bounce and complaint events. SMTP credentials are encrypted at rest, while tracking links and webhook events use signed tokens or signatures. Contacts, content, events, and API keys remain on infrastructure controlled by the operator. QQueue Core is AGPL-3.0-only, free, and described as a feature-complete self-hosted beta.
Good
- Combines campaign and transactional email
- Supports recurring timezone-aware scheduling
- Provides signed tracking webhooks
- Keeps data on operator-controlled infrastructure
- Free AGPL-3.0-only core
Watch out
- Requires paying for server and SMTP
- Provider-native APIs are not implemented
- No automated multi-step drip sequences
- Managed QQueue Cloud is unavailable
Who it suits
It suits developers, small teams, Mailcow operators, self-hosters, SaaS founders, indie hackers, and agencies. It requires your own server and SMTP service.
Verdict
QQueue offers a single, self-hosted pipeline for several email workloads with developer-oriented APIs and tracking. It is most suitable when you control infrastructure and can accept the beta status and missing drip automation.
Plans and prices
From QQueue's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| QQueue Core | Free | Self-hosted · pay for your own server and SMTP |
The facts
Each one read from QQueue's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Campaigns
- Campaigns support contact lists and dynamic segments, merge fields, A/B subject tests, and per-campaign open and click analytics.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Cloud availability
- Managed QQueue Cloud is planned and not yet available.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Data control
- QQueue is self-hosted, and its site says contacts, content, events, and API keys stay on infrastructure the operator controls.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Delivery methods
- bothchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Event webhooks
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Intended users
- The documentation identifies developers, small teams, Mailcow operators, self-hosters, SaaS founders, indie hackers, and agencies as intended users.checked 9 Oct 2001
- License and status
- QQueue Core is AGPL-3.0-only and described as a feature-complete self-hosted beta for early technical users.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Notable limits
- Recurring sends are supported, but automated multi-step drip sequences are not.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Scheduling
- Email Studio supports immediate, one-time scheduled, and recurring cron-based sends with timezone-aware scheduling.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Security
- Saved SMTP credentials are encrypted at rest, and tracking links and webhook events use signed tokens or signatures.checked 9 Oct 2001
- SMTP integrations
- QQueue connects to standard SMTP servers, including Mailcow, Amazon SES, Postmark, Resend, and Brevo; provider-native APIs are not implemented.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Template options
- bothchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Tracking and webhooks
- It supports open and click tracking, signed outbound email-event webhooks, and a normalized inbound endpoint for provider bounce and complaint events.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Transactional email
- Applications can send transactional email through a public HTTP endpoint, organization-scoped API keys, or the TypeScript SDK.checked 9 Oct 2001
- What it does
- QQueue runs campaign, transactional, and manual email through one delivery pipeline using your SMTP server.checked 9 Oct 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
The company
- Maker
- The licensing page names Nana Aboagye as the copyright holder of QQueue Cloud and Nana Aboagye Boateng as the owner of QQueue trademarks.checked 9 Oct 2001
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