DragonFly
DragonFly is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Email Servers category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in C. It has 266 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Aug 30, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 266
- Forks
- 61
- Open issues
- 32
- Commits, last 12 months
- 13
- Last commit
- Aug 30, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Nov 15, 2011
- License
- BSD-3-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Aug 30, 2026.
| Last commit | Aug 30, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 13 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 32 |
| Open pull requests | 18 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Nov 15, 2011 |
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About DragonFly
A small MTA for home and office use. Works on Linux and FreeBSD.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/corecode/dma.
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Is DragonFly free and open source?
Yes. DragonFly is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause 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 DragonFly with Docker?
DragonFly does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to DragonFly?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to DragonFly include docker-mailserver, Postal and Mail-in-a-Box.
Is DragonFly actively maintained?
The most recent commit to DragonFly was on Aug 30, 2026 with 13 commits in the past twelve months. It had 32 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.