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Email & Newsletters

Email servers, webmail clients, mailing lists, and email marketing tools

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Ghost

52K

Professional publishing platform with built-in newsletters, memberships, and paid subscriptions. Used by Platformer, 404Media, The Browser, and thousands more.

Novu

39K

The open-source notification infrastructure for modern products. Multi-channel delivery turned into a single <Inbox /> component.

Listmonk

19K

Send e-mail campaigns and transactional e-mails. High performance and features packed into one app

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docker-mailserver

18K

A fullstack but simple mail-server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Anti-spam, Anti-virus, etc.) using Docker

Postal

16K

A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming & outgoing e-mail

Mail-in-a-Box

15K

Take back control of your email with this easy-to-deploy mail server in a box

Billion Mail

14K

Released under AGPL-3.0, Billion Mail provides email marketing platform on self-hosted infrastructure.

Mailcow

12K

Mailcow is a self-hosted email servers replacement for Gmail and Microsoft Outlook.

Stalwart Mail Server

12K

Stalwart Mail Server is a Rust-based application that provides all-in-one mail server with JMAP, IMAP4, and SMTP support and a wide range of modern features.

Logto

12K

Logto lets you run identity solution offering customizable login experiences entirely on your own server.

Zero

10K

For privacy & encryption, Zero is a self-hosted solution that provides email application.

Inbox Zero

10K

Inbox Zero is a self-hosted email servers tool that provides AI-powered email management.

Tuta

7.4K

Tuta is a self-hosted privacy & encryption tool with support for privacy, security, email.

Mailu

7.1K

For email servers, Mailu is a self-hosted solution that provides simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images.

Roundcube

6.9K

Roundcube is a self-hosted email servers replacement for Gmail and Microsoft Outlook.

SimpleLogin

6.5K

SimpleLogin handles email alias solution to protect your email address. Comes with browser extensions and mobile apps as a self-hosted solution.

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Maddy Mail Server

5.9K

Maddy Mail Server lets you run all-in-one mail server entirely on your own server.

Haraka

5.6K

Self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides fast, highly extensible, and event driven SMTP server.

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Mox

5.6K

Mox is a Go-based application that provides complete e-mail solution.

Plunk

4.9K

Plunk is a self-hosted email & newsletters replacement for Mailchimp, Mailgun, and more.

AnonAddy

4.5K

AnonAddy is a PHP-based application that provides email forwarding service for creating aliases.

Freescout

4.2K

Released under AGPL-3.0, Freescout provides email management system on self-hosted infrastructure.

useSend

4.1K

UseSend handles email platform for transactional and marketing emails. Self-host or use cloud service as a self-hosted solution.

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Modoboa

3.5K

Modoboa lets you run mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified web user interface entirely on your own server.

Kill-the-Newsletter

3K

Self-hosted email marketing & newsletters tool that converts email newsletters into Atom feeds.

Dittofeed

2.7K

Self-hosted customer engagement tool that offers low-code tools for message automation across multiple channels.

AliasVault

2.3K

AliasVault is a self-hosted email servers tool that provides end-to-end encrypted password manager with a built-in email alias generator and server.

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emailwiz

2.1K

Emailwiz is a Shell-based application that provides luke Smith's bash script to completely automate the setup of a.

Sendportal

2.1K

Released under MIT, Sendportal provides email marketing platform offering unlimited subscribers on self-hosted infrastructure.

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wildduck

2.1K

Released under EUPL-1.2, wildduck provides scalable no-SPOF IMAP/POP3 mail server on self-hosted infrastructure.

Keila

2K

For email marketing & newsletters, Keila is a self-hosted solution that provides newsletter platform.

Notifuse

1.9K

Self-hosted email servers tool that provides email platform for newsletters and transactional emails. alternative to Mailchimp.

Open Archiver

1.8K

Open Archiver lets you run email archiving solution with full-text search and eDiscovery search features entirely on your own server.

Gmail Cleaner

1.8K

Gmail Cleaner is a self-hosted email servers tool that provides web-based GUI for cleaning Gmail inboxes.

iRedMail

1.8K

IRedMail handles full-featured mail server solution based on Postfix and Dovecot as a self-hosted solution.

mail-archiver

1.7K

Mail-archiver is a C#-based application that provides web application for archiving.

UnInbox

1.7K

For email servers, UnInbox is a self-hosted solution that provides streamline team communication.

SnappyMail

1.6K

SnappyMail lets you run simple, modern, lightweight & fast web-based email client entirely on your own server.

Bichon

1.5K

Bichon lets you run lightweight e-mail archiver entirely on your own server.

Cypht

1.5K

Released under LGPL-2.1, Cypht provides feed reader for your email accounts on self-hosted infrastructure.

DebOps

1.4K

Self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides your Debian-based data center in a box. A set of general-purpose Ansible roles.

DoubleZero

1.2K

DoubleZero is a Elixir-based application that provides 00 is an email API and infrastructure solution.

Dovecot

1.2K

For email servers, Dovecot is a self-hosted solution that provides IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind.

Nextcloud Mail

963

Nextcloud Mail handles email application for Nextcloud as a self-hosted solution.

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OpenTrashmail

847

OpenTrashmail gives you complete trashmail solution on your own infrastructure.

phpList

835

Self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides newsletter and email marketing with advanced management of subscribers, bounces, and plugins.

DavMail

707

DavMail is a self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides POP/IMAP/SMTP/CALDAV/CARDDAV/LDAP exchange gateway allowing users to use any mail/calendar...

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Nortix Mail

704

For email servers, Nortix Mail is a self-hosted solution that provides disposable e-mail server with an easy configuration.

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Cyrus IMAP

625

Cyrus IMAP is a C-based application that provides email (IMAP/POP3), contacts and calendar server.

Twake Mail

593

Self-hosted email servers tool that provides professional email solution.

Hyvor Relay

549

Hyvor Relay is a self-hosted email servers tool that provides email API alternative to AWS SES & Mailgun. AGPL-3.0.

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Sympa

290

Sympa is a self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides maile list manager.

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DragonFly

256

Self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides small MTA for home and office use. Works on Linux and FreeBSD.

Eonvelope

198

Released under AGPL-3.0, Eonvelope provides email archiving software on self-hosted infrastructure.

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Geoposler

33

Self-hosted email servers tool that provides e-mail campaign management application.

Hyvor Post

26

Released under AGPL-3.0, Hyvor Post creates and send newsletters on self-hosted infrastructure.

Courier MTA

For email & newsletters, Courier MTA is a self-hosted solution that provides fast, scalable, enterprise mail/groupware server providing ESMTP, IMAP, POP3,...

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Dovel

Self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides SMTP server that sends and receives emails according to a simple configuration file.

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Dovel

Dovel lets you run simple and easy-to-use mail server entirely on your own server.

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EmailRelay

Released under GPL-3.0, EmailRelay provides small and easy to configure SMTP and POP3 server for Windows and Linux on self-hosted infrastructure.

Exim

Exim lets you run message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge entirely on your own server.

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HyperKitty

HyperKitty lets you access GNU Mailman v3 archives entirely on your own server.

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Inboxen

Inboxen lets you run lets you have an infinite number of unique inboxes entirely on your own server.

Mailman

Mailman gives you manage electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists on your own infrastructure.

OpenSMTPD

OpenSMTPD is a C/deb-based application that provides secure SMTP server implementation from the OpenBSD project.

Postfix

Postfix gives you fast, easy to administer, and secure Sendmail replacement on your own infrastructure.

Postorius

Postorius is a Python-based application that provides web user interface to access GNU Mailman.

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Schleuder

Released under GPL-3.0, Schleuder provides GPG-enabled mailing list manager with resending-capabilities on self-hosted infrastructure.

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Sendmail

Sendmail lets you run message transfer agent entirely on your own server.

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Simple NixOS Mailserver

Simple NixOS Mailserver handles complete mailserver solution leveraging the Nix Ecosystem as a self-hosted solution.

SquirrelMail

SquirrelMail is a self-hosted email & newsletters tool that provides another browser-based IMAP client.

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b1gMail

B1gMail handles complete email solution as a self-hosted solution.

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chasquid

For email & newsletters, chasquid is a self-hosted solution that provides SMTP (email) server with a focus on simplicity, security, and ease of operation.

Why Self-Host Your Email Infrastructure?

Email is the oldest and most critical communication channel in most organizations, yet the majority of businesses run it on Gmail or Microsoft Exchange — handing their entire communication history to a handful of commercial providers. These platforms scan emails for spam and compliance, retain message data for extended periods, and are subject to government data requests in their respective jurisdictions. For organizations that take communication privacy seriously, self-hosted email is the only way to maintain genuine confidentiality.

Running your own mail server has historically been complex, but modern tooling has dramatically simplified the process. Mail-in-a-Box and Stalwart Mail Server provide complete, production-ready email stacks — SMTP, IMAP, spam filtering, and webmail — that configure themselves with minimal expertise required. Mailcow is another full-featured option built on Docker, widely used by hosting providers and enterprise teams. For webmail clients, Roundcube and Snappymail provide browser-based interfaces that connect to any IMAP server.

Email marketing and newsletter delivery are distinct from transactional infrastructure. Listmonk is a self-hosted mailing list manager that handles subscriber management, campaign sending, and analytics — a direct alternative to Mailchimp that charges nothing per email. Novu provides an open source notification infrastructure layer for application developers, replacing commercial services like SendGrid and Knock. For organizations that need both transactional email and list management under one roof, Postal is a full-featured mail transfer agent designed for high-volume sending with detailed delivery analytics. Self-hosting email requires ongoing maintenance but delivers control that no managed service can match.