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Mailpitvstsailun

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

Mailpittsailun
Score77/10035/100
Rank in category#2 of 106 in Email#30 of 31 in Wikis
GitHub stars10 793141
Stars, last 30 days+358+0
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev1.32.0 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

Mailpit scores 77/100 against 35/100 for tsailun, so it is the safer default.

Mailpit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for tsailun.

If you want the quickest setup, Mailpit is easier to run; tsailun needs more configuration.

Mailpit is growing faster right now (+358 stars in 30 days).

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