Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 8 Mar 2026, 7 months before this check.
No releases published on GitHub; the code date above is the one to trust.
Public since March 2011, a little over 15 years.
936 stars and 97 forks.
0 commits and 1 new issues in the last 90 days.
6 contributors. No pull requests merged in 90 days; changes go in directly. A small team carries it.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
This tool connects to your email provider and sorts your messages. You write rules to delete, move or tag mail automatically. It runs on your computer or server on a schedule. You need to know a little programming to write the rules. It is free and open source.
What it is
IMAPFilter is a mail filtering utility that connects to remote mail servers using IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol, a set of rules for email programs to fetch messages from a server). It uses the Lua programming language (a lightweight programming language designed for extending applications) to let you write custom filters.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want to clean up an overflowing inbox without relying on webmail rules or third-party cloud services will find this useful.
- Runs on your own hardware with no cloud fees.
- Uses a proper scripting language for complex rules.
- Processes multiple mailboxes across different servers.
- Requires compiling from source code and installing dependencies.
- Must be configured by writing code in Lua.
- Has no graphical interface or visual rule builder.
webmail filtering rules
cron
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git clone https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter.git cd imapfilter make -j all sudo make install