Dovecot
Dovecot is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Email Servers category, licensed MIT and written mainly in C. It has 1,271 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,271
- Forks
- 367
- Open issues
- 0
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2,206
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 2.4.5Aug 28, 2026
- Created
- Dec 9, 2015
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 2,206 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,206 |
| Latest release | 2.4.5 (Aug 28, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 6 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Open pull requests | 13 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Dec 9, 2015 |
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About Dovecot
IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/dovecot/core.
Topics
- imap4
- pop3
- submission
- lmtp
- imap
- smtp
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Is Dovecot free and open source?
Yes. Dovecot is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Dovecot with Docker?
Dovecot does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Dovecot?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Dovecot include docker-mailserver, Postal and Mail-in-a-Box.
Is Dovecot actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Dovecot was on Oct 25, 2026 with 2,206 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2.4.5, published Aug 28, 2026. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.