Modoboa AlternativesMail Servers and other similar apps like Modoboa

Modoboa is described as 'Mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified Web User Interface. It provides useful components such as an administration panel or a webmail' and is a Mail Server in the online services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Modoboa for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Web-based, BSD and Mac apps. The best Modoboa alternative is mailcow: dockerized, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Modoboa are Mail-in-a-box, Postfix Admin, Lightmeter and iRedMail.

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    mailcow is a mail server suite based on Dovecot, Postfix, SOGo, Rspamd and other open source software, that provides a modern Web UI for administration.

    22 mailcow: dockerized alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Top mailcow: dockerized Features

    1.  Mail Server
    2.  Self hosted mail
    3. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    4.  ActiveSync
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Two-factor Authentication
    8.  Mail Filtering
    9.  Email Organizer
    10.  Spam Filter
    11.  Support for Aliases
    12.  Modular System

    mailcow: dockerized VS Modoboa

     
    • mailcow: dockerized is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Modoboa.

    • mailcow: dockerized is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Modoboa.

    • mailcow: dockerized is Free and Open SourceModoboa is also Free and Open Source
  2. Mail-in-a-box icon
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    Easy-to-deploy mail server.

    17 Mail-in-a-box alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Roundcube

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Two-factor Authentication
    2.  IMAP Support
    3. Nextcloud icon  Nextcloud integration

    Mail-in-a-box VS Modoboa

     
  3. Postfix Admin icon
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    Postfix Admin is a web based interface used to manage mailboxes, virtual domains and aliases. It also features support for vacation/out-of-the-office messages.

    12 Postfix Admin alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Postfix Admin Features

    1.  Web-Based

    Postfix Admin VS Modoboa

     
    • Postfix Admin is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Mac alternative to Modoboa.

    • Postfix Admin is Free and Open SourceModoboa is also Free and Open Source
  4. Lightmeter icon
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    Managing mailservers without delay or disruption is hard. Lightmeter Open Source Mailops monitoring that saves you time and money.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Lightmeter Features

    1.  Blacklist monitoring
    2.  Email deliverability
    3.  Server Monitoring

    Lightmeter VS Modoboa

     
  5. iRedMail icon
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    A fully fledged, free email server solution, an open source project (GPL v2).

    Use official binary packages from Linux/BSD distributions, with both i386 and x86_64 support.

    Easy, fast deployment in LESS THAN 1 MINUTE. View YouTube Video to check how easy it is.

    Works on both no.

    67 iRedMail alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    iRedMail VS Modoboa

     
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    Self-hosted server for the Proton Mail client.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    No longer supported

    NeutronMail Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  PGP Encryption
    3.  Web-Based

    NeutronMail VS Modoboa

     
  7. Mailu icon
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    Mailu is a simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images. It is free software (both as in free beer and as in free speech), open to suggestions and external contributions.

    9 Mailu alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Mailu VS Modoboa

     
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    Web App to manage only Postfix Aliases with a LARGE number of managed Domains (>hundreds). Simple user administration, AD auth, Python 3 compatible.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • MariaDB
    • Python
    • SQLite
    • Oracle Database
    • PostgreSQL

    Jam.py Postfix Aliases Features

    1.  SQLite

    Jam.py Postfix Aliases VS Modoboa

     
  9. ViMbAdmin icon
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    ViMbAdmin (pronounced vim-be-admin and meaning Virtual Mailbox Administration) is intended as an alternative to (and a near slot in replacement) for the popular but dated Postfix Admin application.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    ViMbAdmin Features

    1.  Web-Based

    ViMbAdmin VS Modoboa

     
  10. WildDuck icon
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    WildDuck is a scalable no-SPOF IMAP/POP3 mail server. WildDuck uses a distributed database (sharded + replicated MongoDB) as a backend for storing all data, including emails.

    8 WildDuck alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    WildDuck Features

    1.  POP3 Support
    2.  IMAP Support
    3. Docker icon  Support for Docker

    WildDuck VS Modoboa

     
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    Møil is an open source administration user interface for database backed mail servers (postfix/dovecot). It brings the handy possibility of managing the database with migrations and a lot of beautiful CRUD.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    On the github's repo, it says note:"UNMAINTAINED, do not use"And the repo is being arhived, so it's discontinued.

    Møil Features

    1.  Web-Based

    Møil VS Modoboa

     
  12. Mox icon
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    Mox is a modern full-featured open source secure mail server for low-maintenance self-hosted email.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Spam Filter
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for TLS
    5.  DNSSEC
    6.  SMTP Support
    7.  IMAP Support

    Mox VS Modoboa

     
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