SnappyMail
SnappyMail is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Email Servers category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Gmail. It has 1,717 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,717
- Forks
- 234
- Open issues
- 133
- Commits, last 12 months
- 88
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.38.2.1Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Mar 9, 2020
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 88 commits in 12 months.
- Welcomes contributors6 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 88 |
| Latest release | v2.38.2.1 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 |
| Releases, all time | 155 |
| Open issues | 133 |
| Open pull requests | 12 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 9, 2020 |
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About SnappyMail
Simple, modern, lightweight & fast web-based email client (fork of RainLoop).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/the-djmaze/snappymail.
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Is SnappyMail free and open source?
Yes. SnappyMail is open-source software released under the AGPL-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 SnappyMail with Docker?
SnappyMail does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to SnappyMail?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to SnappyMail include docker-mailserver, Postal and Mail-in-a-Box. SnappyMail itself is a self-hosted alternative to Gmail.
Is SnappyMail actively maintained?
The most recent commit to SnappyMail was on Oct 24, 2026 with 88 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.38.2.1, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 133 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.