Webmail systems

Pinbox

msp301/pinbox: Self-hosted webmail client greatly inspired by Google Inbox (Go)

Pinbox requires local access to a Maildir directory. A mailbox can be synchronized to a local Maildir using OfflineIMAP or similar. If you wish to try Pinbox with an exported mailbox and have a .mbox file, this file can be converted to a Maildir directory using mb2md.

Pinbox uses the Notmuch mail indexer to provide fast email access and managing mailbox labels.

Mailur

pusto.org: Mailur is a lightweight webmail inspired by Gmail Source at naspeh/mailur. Python, actively developed, no database required. Uses dovecote which also works great for local storage.

Sogo

SOGo, “A Free open-source enterprise-grade Webmail and Groupware Server for teams”. Amazingly, written in Objective C. Not bad in practice, although a little over-engineered for personal use. Includes calendar and contacts in the groupware style.

Mailpile

Weird open-source alternative email client mailpile tries to be hackable and secure. AGPL-licensed, which is a mildly irritating licence. Reinventing lots of wheels and full of odd obsolescent dependencies. I like their aspirations, but their github tracker feels amateurish. Watch how they cargo-cult in an unmaintained Bayesian spam filter as essential infrastructure without the ability to maintain it! Thrill to their unclear threat model! Panic as they take years to get prototypes working! Or don’t. I won’t.

Incoming

• RainLoop Webmail (DB required only for contacts)

• The Horde Project. Includes calendar and contacts in the groupware style. Looks creaky.

• isotope (Java+JS, looks dead)

  • manusa/isotope-mail: Isotope Mail Client
  • Marc Nuri, Isotope Mail Client: Introduction and features

• mikegioia/libremail: IMAP ➝ SQL syncing engine, JavaScript-free email client, and a Kanban-style email client

• Zimbra

• Roundcube