iRedMail
iRedMail is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Email Servers category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Shell. It has 1,849 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 19, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,849
- Forks
- 262
- Open issues
- 5
- Commits, last 12 months
- 73
- Last commit
- Oct 19, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Dec 9, 2019
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 19, 2026, 73 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 19, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 73 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 5 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 9, 2019 |
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About iRedMail
Full-featured mail server solution based on Postfix and Dovecot.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/iredmail/iRedMail.
Topics
- server
- foss
- freebsd
- openbsd
- centos
- debian
- ubuntu
- iredmail
- mainstream-linux
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Is iRedMail free and open source?
Yes. iRedMail is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 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 iRedMail with Docker?
iRedMail does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Shell), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to iRedMail?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to iRedMail include docker-mailserver, Postal and Mail-in-a-Box.
Is iRedMail actively maintained?
The most recent commit to iRedMail was on Oct 19, 2026 with 73 commits in the past twelve months. It had 5 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.