# khamidou/kite

(Obsolete, use https://github.com/inboxapp/inbox instead) A modern webmail.

Repository: https://github.com/khamidou/kite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/khamidou-kite
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-04-17T02:42:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4726, "days_push": 2695, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1061, forks 68 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:26.005151+00:00)

## What it is
Kite is a self-hosted webmail client designed to look like Gmail, with an AngularJS frontend and a Python 2 backend, deployable on a single server via Vagrant. The project is obsolete and no longer maintained, with the README pointing to alternatives like Nylas N1 and Mailpile.

## Use cases
- self-host a gmail-like webmail client
- run a webmail interface on a single server
- replace commercial webmail with an open-source client
- deploy an email web client with vagrant
- browse and read email in the browser

## When to choose
- you need a gmail-style webmail you can self-host and are willing to maintain it yourself
- you want a simple single-server email web client for study or forking

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready webmail client
- you cannot work with Python 2 and abandoned dependencies
- you want active community support or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: email, web-framework, http-server
- domain: email, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: webmail, gmail-like, angularjs, obsolete, vagrant, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- khamidou/kite (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.005151+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:56:51.136415+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/khamidou/kite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.005151+00:00, sha 3417b7300f8f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.