Best self-hosted Communication - Email - Complete Solutions apps
Simple deployment of E-mail servers, e.g. for inexperienced or impatient admins.
19 open source Communication - Email - Complete Solutions tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.
docker-mailserver
★ 18,419Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container. Only configuration files, no SQL database.
Postal
★ 16,616Complete and fully featured mail server for use by websites & web servers.
Mail-in-a-Box
★ 15,343Turns any Ubuntu server into a fully functional mail server with one command.
Stalwart Mail Server
★ 13,282All-in-one mail server with JMAP, IMAP4, and SMTP support and a wide range of modern features.
Mailcow
★ 12,987Mail server suite based on Dovecot, Postfix and other open source software, that provides a modern Web UI for administration.
Mailu
★ 7,327Simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images.
SimpleLogin
★ 6,743Open source email alias solution to protect your email address. Comes with browser extensions and mobile apps.
Maddy Mail Server
★ 6,015All-in-one mail server that implements SMTP (both MTA and MX) and IMAP. Replaces Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM, OpenSPF, OpenDMARC with single daemon.
Mox
★ 5,726Complete e-mail solution with IMAP4, SMTP, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, DANE and DNSSEC, reputation-based and content-based junk filtering, Internationalization (IDNA), automatic TLS with ACME and Let's Encrypt, account autoconfiguration, and webmail.
AnonAddy
★ 4,704Email forwarding service for creating aliases.
Modoboa
★ 3,509Mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified web user interface.
wildduck
★ 2,101Scalable no-SPOF IMAP/POP3 mail server.
iRedMail
★ 1,809Full-featured mail server solution based on Postfix and Dovecot.
Forward Email
★ 1,602Privacy-focused encrypted email for everyone. All-in-one alternative to Gmail + Mailchimp + Sendgrid.
DebOps
★ 1,405Your Debian-based data center in a box. A set of general-purpose Ansible roles that can be used to manage Debian or Ubuntu hosts.
Simple NixOS Mailserver
★ 309Complete mailserver solution leveraging the Nix Ecosystem.
b1gMail
Complete email solution that runs on any webspace with PHP and MariaDB. It supports POP3 catchall mailboxes and can also integrate with Postfix or b1gMailServer if you're running your own server.
Dovel
SMTP server that sends and receives emails according to a simple configuration file, with an optional web interface that you can use to browse your emails.
Inboxen
Lets you have an infinite number of unique inboxes.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best self-hosted Communication - Email - Complete Solutions tools?
Among the 19 options, the most popular include docker-mailserver, Postal, Mail-in-a-Box. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.
Is there a free open source alternative for Communication - Email - Complete Solutions?
Yes — all 19 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.
Where can I host a Communication - Email - Complete Solutions app?
On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.