mail-archiver
Web application for archiving, searching, and exporting emails from multiple accounts (IMAP, M365 or Import). Featuring folder sync, attachment support, mailbox migration and a dashboard.
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Still maintained? Yes: 194 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2610.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): Wayback Machine alternatives.
At a glance
mail-archiver quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,230
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2610.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
mail-archiver scores 93/100, #6 of 19 in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): 194 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2610.1, 19 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,230 stars add 13.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
194 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2610.1 released 19 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.4 / 20
2.2k 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
- 194
- Last 90 days
- 479
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 19 tools in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP) by health , between Bichon (#5) and Ganymede (#7) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 2610.1 · 19 days ago |
| Stars | 2,230 |
| Open issues | 15 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | s1t5/mail-archiver ↗ |
mail-archiver vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with mail-archiver (Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papra | 95 | 5.6k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Bichon | 93 | 2.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| mail-archiver (this tool) | 93 | 2.2k | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Ganymede | 92 | 1k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Eonvelope | 84 | 10 | AGPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
| Open Archiver | 84 | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
mail-archiver: common questions
Is mail-archiver still maintained?
mail-archiver had 194 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 2610.1, is from 19 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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