Modoboa
Modoboa is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Email Servers category, licensed ISC and written mainly in Python. It has 3,545 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 3,545
- Forks
- 486
- Open issues
- 38
- Commits, last 12 months
- 900
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 2.11.1Oct 9, 2026
- Created
- Apr 16, 2013
- License
- ISCOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 900 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors13 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 900 |
| Latest release | 2.11.1 (Oct 9, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 66 |
| Open issues | 38 |
| Open pull requests | 2 |
| Good first issues | 13 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 16, 2013 |
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About Modoboa
Mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified web user interface.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/modoboa/modoboa.
Topics
- javascript
- django
- postfix
- dovecot
- hosting
- modoboa
- python3
- vuejs
- rspamd
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Is Modoboa free and open source?
Yes. Modoboa is open-source software released under the ISC 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 Modoboa with Docker?
Modoboa does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Modoboa?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Modoboa include docker-mailserver, Postal and Mail-in-a-Box.
Is Modoboa actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Modoboa was on Oct 25, 2026 with 900 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2.11.1, published Oct 9, 2026. It had 38 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.