AnonAddy
Email forwarding service for creating aliases.
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Still maintained? Yes: 6 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.7.4 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions: Gmail alternatives.
At a glance
AnonAddy quick facts
- Health score
- 67/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 4,925
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.7.4, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Addy is short for "Address". The word "Addy" is internet slang for an email address, e.g."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
AnonAddy scores 67/100, #12 of 18 in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions: 6 commits in the last 90 days earn 7.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.7.4, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,925 stars add 14.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 28.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 7.0 / 35
6 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.7.4 released yesterday
- Stars 14.8 / 20
4.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 6
- Last 90 days
- 71
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 18 tools in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions by health , between Maddy Mail Server (#11) and Postal (#13) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | v1.7.4 · yesterday |
| Stars | 4,925 |
| Open issues | 58 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | anonaddy/anonaddy ↗ |
AnonAddy vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with AnonAddy (Communication - Email - Complete Solutions), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| docker-mailserver | 97 | 20k | MIT | 4 days ago |
| Mailcow | 97 | 14k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Stalwart Mail Server | 97 | 16k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Mailu | 96 | 7.6k | MIT | yesterday |
| SimpleLogin | 95 | 7.1k | MIT | today |
| AnonAddy (this tool) | 67 | 4.9k | MIT | yesterday |
AnonAddy: common questions
Is AnonAddy still maintained?
AnonAddy had 6 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v1.7.4, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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