Self-Hosted Roundcube Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Roundcube as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Rainloop, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Roundcube and 16 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Roundcube are Mailpile, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Horde and Mail-in-a-box.

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Roundcube alternatives are mainly WebMail Providers but may also be Email Clients or Mail Servers.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Roundcube.
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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...

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Roundcube alternatives page was last updated Dec 20, 2024
  1. Rainloop icon
     59 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.

    12 Rainloop alternatives
    Login

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
    • Cloudron

    Rainloop Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Multiple Account support
    3.  IMAP Support
    4.  Dockerized
    5.  Encrypted Email
    Discontinued

    The last update is from August 2022.

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    Comments about Rainloop as an Alternative to Roundcube
     
    mandrael

    It's popular, modern programmed, faster than roundcube, but not so feature rich. Much sits below the surface though.

    Positive commentApr 27, 2020
    1
    EgorSharin

    The old version (no longer maintained since 2022) is still open-source on GitHub. The new version is closed-source.

    Negative commentFeb 19, 2024
    1
    Guest

    PHP based and customizable more than roundcube, more modern ui

    Positive commentSep 7, 2017
    3
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    • Almost everyone thinks Rainloop is a great Roundcube alternative.

    • Rainloop is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Roundcube.

    • Rainloop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Roundcube.

    • Rainloop is Free and Open SourceRoundcube is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    59 Mailpile alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • OpenPGP

    Mailpile Features

    1.  OpenPGP
    2.  Web-Based
    3.  Encrypted Email
    4.  IMAP Support
    5.  POP3 Support
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    Comments about Mailpile as an Alternative to Roundcube
     
    Guest

    Mailpie is a descktop application but Roundcube is a selfhosted application.

    Negative commentJun 24, 2024
    0
    Guest

    Mailpile needs to run on a computer

    Negative commentJan 9, 2018
    1
    Guest

    Mailpile is single-user (personal) environment

    Negative commentJul 11, 2018
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    • Some users think Mailpile is a great Roundcube alternative, some don't.

    • Mailpile is the most popular Linux alternative to Roundcube.

    • Mailpile is Free and Open SourceRoundcube is also Free and Open Source
  3. Zimbra Collaboration Suite icon
     35 likes

    Zimbra Collaboration is an open, secure collaboration tool for email, calendaring, tasks and more. With the most innovative web application available today, Zimbra boosts the productivity of users on any desktop and dramatically reduces TCO compared to legacy platform vendors.

    44 Zimbra Collaboration Suite alternatives
    Zimbra Collaboration Suite screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Zimbra Collaboration Suite Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  ActiveSync
    3. Microsoft Active Directory icon  Active Directory integration
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  4. Horde icon
     29 likes

    Horde Groupware is a free, enterprise ready, browser based collaboration suite. Users can manage and share calendars, contacts, tasks and notes with the standards compliant components from the Horde Project.

    43 Horde alternatives
    Horde screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Horde Features

    1.  CalDAV Support
    Discontinued

    The last release (5.2.22) was in September 2017.

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  5. Mail-in-a-box icon
     20 likes

    Easy-to-deploy mail server.

    16 Mail-in-a-box alternatives
    Control Panel

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Roundcube

    Mail-in-a-box Features

    1.  IMAP Support
    2. Nextcloud icon  Nextcloud integration
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  6. SnappyMail icon
     6 likes

    The drastically upgraded & secured fork of RainLoop Webmail Community edition.

    12 SnappyMail alternatives
    SnappyMail screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Web Browser

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  PGP Encryption
    3.  WYSIWYG Support
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Multiple Account support
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Two-factor Authentication
    9.  GPG Encryption
    10.  Mobile friendly
    11.  S/MIME Support
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  7. Kolab Community icon
     41 likes

    Kolab is entirely Free and Open Source Software (a.k.a. FOSS), and uses Open Standards. We’ll get to why this is important to us, and hope that it is important to you thereafter.

    45 Kolab Community alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Kolab Community Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  CalDAV Support
    3.  WebDAV Support
    4.  IMAP Support
    5.  CardDAV Support
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  8. Isotope Mail Client icon
     1 like

    Microservice based webmail client built with ReactJS and Spring.

    Minimalistic webmail client which currently has the main features of any other mail client (read mail, compose mail, organize mail folders...).

    11 Isotope Mail Client alternatives
    Inbox with some read e-mails

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
    • OpenShift

    Isotope Mail Client Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  No database needed
    3.  Drag and Drop
    4. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    5.  Web-Based
    6.  Rich text editing
    7.  Dockerized
    Discontinued

    Last update on Dec 8, 2019.

    Isotope Mail Client iconRoundcube Icon

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    • Almost everyone thinks Isotope Mail Client is a great Roundcube alternative.

    • Isotope Mail Client is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Roundcube.

    • Isotope Mail Client is Free and Open SourceRoundcube is also Free and Open Source
  9. Squirrelmail icon
     24 likes

    SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP. It includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no JavaScript required) for maximum compatibility across browsers.

    17 Squirrelmail alternatives
    Squirrelmail screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP

    Squirrelmail Features

    1.  SMTP Support
    2.  IMAP Support
    3.  Exchange
    4.  On-premises software
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  10. OX App Suite icon
     15 likes

    The OX App Suite by Open-Xchange is web-based platform offering a suite of apps like an email client, calendar, contacts magement, cloud storage with synchronization and productivity apps for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.

    19 OX App Suite alternatives
    OX Portal

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    OX App Suite Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Cloud Sync
    3.  Calendar Integration
    4.  Personal Information Manager (PIM)
    5.  Group Mail
    6.  WebDAV Support
    7.  WebDAV Sync
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    • OX App Suite is the most popular SaaS alternative to Roundcube.

    • OX App Suite is Free and Open SourceRoundcube is also Free and Open Source
  11. Webmail Lite icon
     16 likes

    Open Source WebMail Lite is a free community edition of full-featured WebMail Pro server application intended for users who need a clean and simple web mail application, which is fast and easy to use. Whether you need a free web browser based email client software for Windows ASP.

    30 Webmail Lite alternatives
    Afterlogic Webmail Lite

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. iRedMail icon
     20 likes

    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
    Main components and working process

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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