b1gMail
Complete email solution that runs on any webspace with PHP and MariaDB. It supports POP3 catchall mailboxes and can also integrate with Postfix or b1gMailServer if you're running your own server.
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Still maintained? Yes: 8 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 7.4.1-pl2 (Feb 2025).
Comparisons in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions: Gmail alternatives.
At a glance
b1gMail quick facts
- Health score
- 27/100 STALE
- Stars
- 4
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 7.4.1-pl2, Feb 2025
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
b1gMail scores 27/100, #17 of 18 in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions: 8 commits in the last 90 days earn 9.3 of 35 points, the latest release (7.4.1-pl2, 1.7 years ago) earns 4.9 of 25, 4 stars add 2.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 25.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the Codeberg API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 9.3 / 35
8 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 4.9 / 25
7.4.1-pl2 released 1.7 years ago
- Stars 2.8 / 20
4 stars on Codeberg (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 8
- Last 90 days
- 9
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #17 of 18 tools in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions by health , between Simple NixOS Mailserver (#16) and Inboxen (#18) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 7.4.1-pl2 · 1.7 years ago |
| Stars | 4 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | codeberg.org/b1gMail/b1gMail ↗ |
b1gMail vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with b1gMail (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 |
| wildduck | 93 | 2.1k | EUPL-1.2 | yesterday |
| Mox | 85 | 5.9k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Maddy Mail Server | 80 | 6.1k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| b1gMail (this tool) | 27 | 4 | GPL-2.0 | 9 days ago |
b1gMail: common questions
Is b1gMail still maintained?
b1gMail had 8 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago; the latest tagged release, 7.4.1-pl2, is from 1.7 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.