Open Source Email Clients

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  1. Thunderbird icon
     2529 likes

    Cross-platform email client providing POP/IMAP support, robust filtering, multiple accounts, and chat. Extendable via add-ons with RSS/Atom, etc.

    • Email Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    Thunderbird screenshot 1
    86 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good106 reviews
  2. Proton Mail icon
     1020 likes

    Secure Swiss-based email with end-to-end encryption and zero third-party access. Available across devices, offering a free version to promote privacy.

    • WebMail Provider
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Tor
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    Proton Mail screenshot 1
    98 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good107 reviews
  3. Tuta Mail icon
     519 likes

    End-to-end encrypted app for email, calendar, and contacts, requiring no personal data, with open source code and quantum-resistant security.

    • WebMail Provider
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    Tuta Mail screenshot 1
    103 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good44 reviews
  4. K-9 Mail icon
     367 likes

    K-9 is an open source email client for Android with multi-folder sync, email signatures, Bcc-to-self, return-address configuration, keyboard shortcuts, Exchange Support, message flagging, IMAP deletes, saving attachments, configurable notifications and more.

    • Email Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    K-9 Mail screenshot 1
    K-9 Mail screenshot 2
    K-9 Mail screenshot 3
    42 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent32 reviews
  5. Betterbird icon
     70 likes

    Open-source client enhancing Thunderbird with more features and bug fixes. Offers security patches and multi-row descriptions like Outlook.

    • Email Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Chocolatey
    Betterbird screenshot 1
    28 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good20 reviews
  6. Evolution icon
     205 likes

    Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring, address book and task list functionality.

    • Email Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • S/MIME
    • GNOME
    • OpenPGP
    Mail
    69 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good15 reviews
  7. SeaMonkey icon
     241 likes

    Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing in one application. Itis built on the open source Mozilla Gecko engine, the same code which underlies Thunderbird and is the base for the Firefox browser.

    • Web Browser
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    SeaMonkey screenshot 1
    186 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good15 reviews
  8. FairEmail icon
     87 likes

    Privacy-focused, open-source email app offering encryption, unlimited accounts, customizable features, unified inbox, and low data usage.

    • Email Client
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Compose message view.
    Setup screen.
    Messages view with dark theme.
    43 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent14 reviews
  9. Mailspring icon
     113 likes

    Boost your productivity and send better email with Mailspring, a beautiful, fast email client for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Mailspring is free to use and an optional pro version adds read receipts, send later, reminders and more.

    • Email Client
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    Clean design with integrated search and swipe gestures
    43 alternatives
    3.2
    Fair16 reviews
  10. Posteo icon
     83 likes

    Web- and IMAP-based email service. 2GB cost 1€/month. Information is hosted on encrypted hard drives. Electricity from renewable resources is used.

    Drag and drop
    74 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good8 reviews
  11. Roundcube icon
     170 likes

    Roundcube webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking.

    Roundcube screenshot 1
    27 alternatives
  12. Claws Mail icon
     106 likes

    GTK+-based client offering fast performance, news reading, robust stability, extensibility via plugins, advanced filtering, encryption, folder and contact management.

    The main window
    62 alternatives
    3.8
    Good15 reviews
  13. Mailpile icon
     117 likes

    Mailpile is a modern, fast web-mail client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features. The development of Mailpile is funded by a large community of backers and all code related to the project is and will be released under an OSI approved Free Software license.

    • Discontinued
    • Email Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • OpenPGP
    Mailpile screenshot 1
    59 alternatives
  14. Privacy-friendly Swiss email solution with 20 GB free storage, custom domain options, contact and calendar sync, and cross-device access in a secure suite.

    • WebMail Provider
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    Infomaniak kMail screenshot 1
    42 alternatives
  15. Mutt icon
     68 likes

    Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems. Some of its features are: color support, message threading, MIME support (including RFC2047 support for encoded headers), PGP/MIME (RFC2015), various features to support mailing lists, including...

    Mutt screenshot 1
    51 alternatives
  16. ElectronMail icon
     24 likes

    ElectronMail is an Electron-based unofficial desktop client for ProtonMail and Tutanota end-to-end encrypted email providers. The app aims to provide enhanced desktop user experience enabling features that are not supported by the official in-browser web clients.

    • Email Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • ProtonMail
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Tutanota
    ElectronMail screenshot 1
    8 alternatives
  17. Wino Mail icon
     8 likes

    Wino is a lightweight native mail client for Windows 10/11. It is still in active development. Main motivation for this project is to replace Mail & Calendar for Windows with modern Windows design without using web technologies for speed.

    Wino Mail screenshot 1
    21 alternatives
  18. Kolab icon
     43 likes

    Kolab provides a FOSS communication & collaboration solution that can be completely self-hosted. Take back control of your data and access it via the webinterface, or existing mobile & desktop clients.

    47 alternatives
  19. KMail icon
     49 likes

    KMail is the email component of Kontact, the integrated personal information manager of KDE. Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite for KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email.

    KMail screenshot 1
    52 alternatives
  20. Rainloop icon
     58 likes

    Simple, modern & fast web-based email client. Modest system requirements, decent performance, simple installation and upgrade, no database required. All these make RainLoop Webmail a perfect choice for your email solution.

    • Discontinued
    • WebMail Provider
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    Login
    13 alternatives
    3.2
    Fair6 reviews