mail-archiver
Web application for archiving, searching, and exporting emails from multiple accounts (IMAP, M365 or Import). Featuring folder sync, attachment support, mailbox migration and a dashboard.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 55% of tracked projects; popularity more than 50%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.1k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 2609.1 · 22 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is mail-archiver actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 333 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 236 of them.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 505% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, 2609.1, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 19 projects we track in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP), mail-archiver ranks #5 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What mail-archiver actually does
Mail-archiver is a self-hosted web application designed to collect, search, and export emails from IMAP and Microsoft 365 accounts, or via direct imports. It includes capabilities for folder synchronisation, attachment handling, and mailbox migration, all managed through a central dashboard.
Best fit: It is well-suited for individuals or small organisations needing a centralised, searchable archive for multiple email accounts.
Worth knowing: Maintaining a local email archive introduces significant storage growth over time and requires careful handling of sensitive credentials for your mail servers.
Deployment notes
Because it runs as a container, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for your stored data and place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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