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mailcow

Open source groupware and e-mail suite based on Docker.

mailcow is an open source groupware and e-mail suite based on Docker. The install guide starts with a git clone of the repository, and the stack is then started with Docker Compose. Each container in the stack runs one application, such as a mail transfer agent, an IMAP server or a spam filter, with MariaDB storing user information.

Administration happens in the mailcow web interface, where domain administrators and mailbox users get separate permissions. Logins can come from an LDAP server or an OIDC identity provider.

Worth knowing

The project’s pages show mail relayed from servers in the same network, not from websites or applications, so it is unclear whether it fits the scope of this index.

Identity

Status
Stub
Maintainer
The Infrastructure Company GmbH4
Maintained by
Company4
First release
20228
Headquarters
Germany4

Rendering and deploy

Install with
git clone, docker compose5

Releases

Last release
2026-10-216

Adoption

GitHub stars
13,7363
Contributors
3267

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-03: links
    mailcow.email/
  2. 2026-11-03: links, Categories, Databases, Admin interface
    docs.mailcow.email/
  3. 2026-11-03: links, License, License model, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized
  4. 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
    mailcow.email/imprint/
  5. 2026-11-03: Install with
    docs.mailcow.email/getstarted/install/
  6. 2026-11-03: Last release
    api.github.com/repos/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized/releases/latest
  7. 2026-11-03: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized/contributors?per_page=1
  8. 2026-11-03: First release
    github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized/releases/tag/2022-01

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