mikel/mail
A Really Ruby Mail Library observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 90
- Release rhythm 59
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 251
- age_days: 6493
- days_rel: 63
- days_push: 63
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
3671 stars · 935 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Mail is a pure Ruby library for generating, parsing, and sending/receiving email messages in a simple, Ruby-esque way. It proxies network actions to Net::SMTP and Net::POP3 and handles modern text encodings cleanly.
Use cases
- parse email messages in ruby
- send email from a ruby app
- generate MIME multipart emails
- extract attachments from .eml files
- handle email encodings and headers
- build an email processing pipeline
When to choose
- you need a mature, pure-Ruby email library with broad Ruby version support
- you want one library covering email generation, parsing, and sending
- you need fine-grained access to parsed message internals
When to avoid
- you need a full mail server or mailbox management solution
- you want high-level templated mailers (use Action Mailer on top of this)
- you are not working in Ruby
Facets
library · maturity stable
email parser serialization email developer-tools backend ruby jvm cross-platform smtp mime email-parsing email-sending net-smtp
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mikel/mail · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9c32905ef84d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mikel/mail | main | 81 |
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