Cypht
Feed reader for your email accounts.
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Still maintained? Yes: 161 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.13.0 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Cypht quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,778
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.13.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- LGPL-2.1
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "All your email, from all your accounts, in one place. Supports IMAP/SMTP, JMAP and EWS. Cypht is like a news reader, but for E-mail. Cypht does not replace your existing accounts - it combines them into one. And it's also a news reader."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Cypht scores 83/100, #2 of 4 in Communication - Email - Webmail Clients: 161 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.13.0, 14 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,778 stars add 13.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
161 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.13.0 released 14 days ago
- Stars 13.0 / 20
1.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 161
- Last 90 days
- 903
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 4 tools in Communication - Email - Webmail Clients by health , between Roundcube (#1) and SnappyMail (#3) .
Details
| Licence | LGPL-2.1 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v2.13.0 · 14 days ago |
| Stars | 1,778 |
| Open issues | 119 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | cypht-org/cypht ↗ |
Cypht vs its top 2 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Cypht (Communication - Email - Webmail Clients), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roundcube | 85 | 7.3k | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| Cypht (this tool) | 83 | 1.8k | LGPL-2.1 | 4 days ago |
| SnappyMail | 83 | 1.7k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
Cypht: common questions
Is Cypht still maintained?
Cypht had 161 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.13.0, is from 14 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.