Mailpile
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Mailpile, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Mailpile's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Mailpile | Free | Free software · self-run application · current release listed as “tbd” |
The facts
Each one read from Mailpile's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Client privacy
- Mailpile's privacy policy says its standalone client does not automatically share personally identifiable information with the development team or Mailpile ehf.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Development limitation
- The project says the legacy Mailpile codebase is no longer being updated while the Python 3 rewrite proceeds.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Download availability
- The official download page currently says “Temporarily unavailable: Check out the blog!”checked 4 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- The project aims to make sending and receiving OpenPGP-encrypted or signed email convenient.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Interfaces and API
- The project repository describes a web-based primary interface, a basic command-line interface, and an API for developers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Mail access
- A 2023 project blog post documents Moggie reading local mail folders and files as well as remote IMAP mailboxes.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy model
- The site describes Mailpile as software users run themselves on their own computer, with no ads or spying.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product status
- The official site says Mailpile is being rewritten and lists the current release as “tbd.”checked 4 Oct 2026
- Search and organization
- The project describes its core as a fast email search engine and supports organizing messages with tags and automatic tagging rules or classifiers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The official site points users to the Mailpile community forum for support and discussion.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Telemetry
- When enabled, the client periodically checks for updates and discloses its software version and selected interface language; the policy says these details are not correlated with individual identities.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Website data
- The privacy policy says the website uses no third-party analytics and retains standard server logs for up to three months.checked 4 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Mailpile describes itself as an email client, search engine, personal webmail server, and way to encrypt email.checked 4 Oct 2026
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