SnappyMail
Simple, modern, lightweight & fast web-based email client (fork of RainLoop).
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Still maintained? Yes: 87 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.38.2.1 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
SnappyMail quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,719
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.38.2.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
SnappyMail scores 83/100, #3 of 4 in Communication - Email - Webmail Clients: 87 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.38.2.1, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,719 stars add 12.9 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
87 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.38.2.1 released 7 days ago
- Stars 12.9 / 20
1.7k 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
- 87
- Last 90 days
- 93
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 4 tools in Communication - Email - Webmail Clients by health , between Cypht (#2) and SquirrelMail (#4) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v2.38.2.1 · 7 days ago |
| Stars | 1,719 |
| Open issues | 135 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | the-djmaze/snappymail ↗ |
SnappyMail vs its top 2 alternatives
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SnappyMail: common questions
Is SnappyMail still maintained?
SnappyMail had 87 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v2.38.2.1, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.