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goelandvsMail-in-a-Box

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

goelandMail-in-a-Box
Score48/10072/100
Rank in category#65 of 106 in Email#3 of 16 in Mail Server
GitHub stars20515 447
Stars, last 30 days—+29
Stable releases, 12 months104
Latest releasev0.29.2 · 30 Aug 2026v77 · 26 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITCC0-1.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Mail-in-a-Box scores 72/100 against 48/100 for goeland, so it is the safer default.

goeland ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for Mail-in-a-Box.

Mail-in-a-Box is growing faster right now (+29 stars in 30 days).

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