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Roundcube

Open source

Roundcube Webmail is a browser-based, multilingual IMAP email client with an address book, folder management, search and a plugin API, written in PHP.

roundcube.net
Roundcube homepage screenshot
GitHub stars
7.2k
Last commit
today
Repository age
14 years
Version
1.7.4
Licence
GPL-3.0
Self-hosted
Yes

About Roundcube

Roundcube Webmail is a multilingual IMAP client that runs in the browser and behaves like a desktop application. It offers the functions people expect from an email client, such as MIME support, an address book, folder management, message search and spell checking, without installing anything on their own computers.

It is written in PHP and JavaScript and requires MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite as its database. A plugin API makes it extensible, and the user interface can be customized with skins. The client uses jQuery 3.x and inherits its browser support, covering current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. Releases follow semantic versioning, and the README ships separate install and upgrade guides.

Roundcube is licensed under GPL-3.0 and is installed on a web server that connects to an existing IMAP mail server. Note that the repository README warns that the Git snapshot is not a stable version and should not replace a production installation.

Key features

  • Browser-based multilingual IMAP client
  • MIME support and address book
  • Folder management and message search
  • Spell checking
  • Plugin API for extensions
  • Skins for interface customization

Good fit for

  • →Offering webmail on a hosting platform
  • →Adding a web interface to a self-hosted mail server
Built with
PHP
Tags
webmail
email
imap
php
self-hosted
plugins
address-book
open-source

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