Modoboa
Mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified web user interface.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 338 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.12.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Gmail.
At a glance
Modoboa quick facts
- Health score
- 84/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 3,545
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.12.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- ISC
Top alternatives to Modoboa
Full rankings: Gmail alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Modoboa _ is a mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified Web User Interface. It provides useful components such as an administration panel and webmail."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Modoboa scores 84/100, #9 of 18 in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions: 338 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.12.0, 4 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,545 stars add 14.2 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
338 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2.12.0 released 4 days ago
- Stars 14.2 / 20
3.5k 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
- 338
- Last 90 days
- 929
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 18 tools in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions by health , between Mox (#8) and DebOps (#10) .
Details
| Licence | ISC |
| Platforms | Python |
| Latest release | 2.12.0 · 4 days ago |
| Stars | 3,545 |
| Open issues | 35 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | modoboa/modoboa ↗ |
Modoboa vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Modoboa (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 |
| Mailu | 96 | 7.6k | MIT | yesterday |
| Modoboa (this tool) | 84 | 3.5k | ISC | yesterday |
| Maddy Mail Server | 80 | 6.1k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Mail-in-a-Box | 63 | 15k | CC0-1.0 | 8 days ago |
Modoboa: common questions
What does Modoboa replace?
Repoly lists Modoboa as an open-source alternative to Gmail. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Modoboa stands against the others.
Is Modoboa still maintained?
Modoboa had 338 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 2.12.0, is from 4 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.