Best self-hosted communication - email - webmail clients
[Webmail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmail) clients.
We track 4 self-hosted communication - email - webmail clients projects. The median health score in this category is 72, against 2 projects rated healthy or better and 1 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cypht Feed reader for your email accounts. | Healthy · 73 | 1.7k | PHP | 29 Aug 2026 | |
| 2 | Roundcube Browser-based IMAP client with an application-like user interface. | Healthy · 72 | 7.2k | PHP, deb | 6 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | SnappyMail Simple, modern, lightweight & fast web-based email client (fork of RainLoop). | At risk · 15 | 1.7k | PHP | 9 Oct 2024 | |
| 4 | SquirrelMail Another browser-based IMAP client. | Unrated | — | PHP | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Cypht is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 73/100. Roundcube is the closest runner-up (72/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.