# mailpile/Mailpile

A free & open modern, fast email client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features

Repository: https://github.com/mailpile/Mailpile
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mailpile
Homepage: https://mailpile.is
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: e-mail, security, pgp, search-engine, tags, imap-client, smtp-client
Last push: 2023-11-01T17:23:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5421, "days_push": 1036, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8822, forks 1003 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:25.900799+00:00)

## What it is
Mailpile is a free, open-source, privacy-focused email client with built-in PGP encryption, a fast custom search engine, and tag-based organization. It runs as a local webmail server (with a CLI and API), though development is paused pending a Python 3 rewrite.

## Use cases
- self-host a private webmail client with no ads or tracking
- send and receive PGP-encrypted email easily
- search and tag large volumes of email locally
- access legacy Mailpile v1 mail data
- run an email client that works offline on your own machine

## When to choose
- you need to access legacy Mailpile v1 data via the provided Docker images
- you want a self-hosted, privacy-first email client with easy PGP encryption
- you value fast local full-text search and tag-based email organization

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained email client for daily use - development is halted pending a Python 3 rewrite
- you want a conventional desktop email client rather than a web-based one
- you need production support or timely bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, http-server, cryptography, email, cli
- domain: email, privacy, security, self-hosted
- platform: python, windows, self-hosted, cli
- tags: email-client, pgp, webmail, imap, smtp, encryption, privacy-focused, tagging, python2-legacy, search, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- mailpile/Mailpile (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.900799+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 2026-08-29T17:24:50.388529+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mailpile/Mailpile (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.900799+00:00, sha 9c1d314d2a5e)
  - homepage: https://mailpile.is (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:21.556415+00:00, sha ea93505c459f)
  - site_page: https://www.mailpile.is/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:21.565822+00:00, sha 142d4d15862f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.