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Stalwart Mail ServervsTrac

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

Stalwart Mail ServerTrac
Score79/10065/100
Rank in category#2 of 16 in Mail Server#1 of 7 in Issue Tracking
GitHub stars15 485—
Stars, last 30 days+682—
Stable releases, 12 months310
Latest releasev1.0.1 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0-only AND LicenseRef-SELBSD-3-Clause
Main languageRust—

Which one should you pick?

Stalwart Mail Server scores 79/100 against 65/100 for Trac, so it is the safer default.

Stalwart Mail Server ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Trac.

Stalwart Mail Server is growing faster right now (+682 stars in 30 days).

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