Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 10 Apr 2026, 6 months before this check.
Latest release v1.1.2 on 10 Apr 2026.
Public since March 2026, 7 months.
13 stars and 3 forks.
0 commits and 1 new issues in the last 90 days.
1 contributor. 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
Inbox rules in standard email apps often feel limited and hard to trust. This self-hosted tool connects to your email account and applies custom rules with a powerful spam engine behind them. It watches for incoming messages in real time, scores them, and sorts them automatically. You can test your rules safely before turning them on for real. It runs on your own server so your login details and messages stay private.
What it is
A self-hosted Python daemon that connects to any IMAP mailbox, runs incoming messages through rspamd for spam scoring, and applies custom sorting rules. It stores logs and configuration in a local SQLite database and provides a web dashboard for management.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want to stop sorting noisy mailboxes by hand, filter newsletters automatically, or run private spam filtering without relying on cloud email services.
- Real-time monitoring using IMAP IDLE with polling fallback.
- Dry run mode lets you test rules safely without altering real emails.
- Includes a built-in spam scoring engine and Bayesian training tools.
- Requires Docker and Docker Compose on a server you control.
- Losing server data means losing your email logs and Bayesian training history.
- Requires a mail provider that supports the IMAP protocol.
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