FairEmail
Open-source, privacy-focused email client offering features such as encryption via OpenPGP and S/MIME, unlimited accounts, a unified inbox, customizable settings, and reformatted emails to prevent phishing. Supports two-way synchronization and provides Pro features for additional customization.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Open Source
Application type
EUPlatforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Customizable
- Lightweight
Features
- Multiple Account support
- Email Notifications
- PGP Encryption
- Extensive settings menu
- IMAP Support
- Notifications
- Ad-free
- Works Offline
- No Tracking
- Unified inbox
- Dark Mode
- S/MIME Support
- Block Trackers
- GPG Encryption
- Spam Filter
- Mail Filtering
- Calendar Integration
FairEmail News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
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What is FairEmail?
FairEmail is a privacy-focused email client with a setup wizard that helpfully walks you through the steps to use it with any email provider. There are many privacy settings including encryption via OpenPGP and S/MIME and reformatted emails to avoid phishing.
It uses a Material Design (including light and dark themes) and comes with many configuration options for the display. It also includes configurable swipe gestures and other shortcuts to adjust the app to match your workflow.
You can choose to access the Pro features with a one time purchase which helps make the open-source project sustainable.
MAIN FEATURES
- Fully featured
- 100 % open source
- Privacy oriented
- Unlimited accounts
- Unlimited email addresses
- Unified inbox
- Conversation threading
- Two way synchronization
- Offline storage and operations
- Battery friendly
- Low data usage
- Small (~ 12 MB)
- Material design (including dark/black theme)
- Maintained and supported
PRIVACY FEATURES
- Encryption/decryption supported (OpenPGP and S/MIME)
- Reformat messages to prevent phishing
- Confirm showing images to prevent tracking
- Confirm opening links to prevent tracking and phishing
- Automatically recognize and disable tracking images
- Warning if messages could not be authenticated
PRO FEATURES
- Account/identity/folder colors
- Colored stars
- Notification settings (sounds) per account/folder/sender (requires Android 8 Oreo)
- Configurable notification actions
- Snooze messages
- Send messages after selected time
- Synchronization scheduling
- Reply templates
- Accept/decline calendar invitations
- Filter rules
- Search on server
- Keyword management
- S/MIME sign/encrypt
- Biometric authentication
- Unified inbox widget
- Export settings
FairEmail information
Developed by
FairCode B.V. Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $9 + free version with limited functionality.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.8Alternatives
43 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
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Security & Privacy, Office & ProductivityGitHub repository
- 4,088 Stars
- 685 Forks
- 3 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
This is an excellent app. It strikes a balance between being intuitive with a robust set of features to give users lots of control.
The maintainer responds promptly to questions, bug reports and feature requests. There are new releases coming out regularly. I love the unified inbox and the swipe gestures. It makes it really easy to stay on top of things.
Really, I can't recommend this app more.
Does what it promises. Works very well on my Pixel 6a.
"FairEmail does not support non-standard protocols, like Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Microsoft ActiveSync." FairEmail runs on Android –– can anyone recommend a email app for macOS?
https://email.faircode.eu/
Probably Thunderbird with the Exquilla addon.
For me it is a perfect android e-mail client packed with many features and really extensive configuration options. I only miss server-side IMAP full text search in all sub-folders (or channels or how they call it in IMAP). I know it is a bit complicated to implement but Thunderbird does that and it works there!
I used FairEmail for a long time to receive all my emails from multiple accounts. But it feels like it doesn't delete my emails when I ask it to. I switched to
K-9 Mail
The updates are so common it's almost annoying. 😅 Only complaint is that the customization options are so~ plentiful even with the tabs separating them into a relative few sections. Makes finding the option I wanna change a bit of a drag tbh.
Simple look but effective work