SnappyMail
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SnappyMail, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from SnappyMail's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- App coverage
- webchecked 21 Sep 2026
What it does
- Deployment
- The installation guide describes installing SnappyMail on a web server and configuring mail server settings through its admin page.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- When available, SnappyMail uses Sodium or OpenSSL to encrypt secure data after migration from RainLoop; the guide advises installing both.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The comparison page lists integrations for Arch Linux, Cloudron, cPanel, CyberPanel, HestiaCP, Nextcloud, and QNAP.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project repository identifies its license as AGPL-3.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mail handling
- The comparison page lists sorting messages by date, size, or subject, and displaying spam scores.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mail protocols
- The comparison page lists IMAP, SMTP, and Sieve support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile performance
- The product site says mobile booting downloads about 138 KB using Brotli and reports up to a 99% Lighthouse performance grade.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The comparison page marks POP3 support as unavailable.checked 12 Oct 2026
- OpenPGP
- The comparison page lists GnuPG, Mailvelope, OpenPGP.js v5, PGP/Inline, PGP/MIME, ECC keys, and whole-message encryption support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Origin
- SnappyMail is a fork of RainLoop with changes for compatibility with newer mobile and desktop browsers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package verification
- The guide provides GPG key locations for verifying a SnappyMail package.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The maker says mobile startup downloads about 138 KB using Brotli and reports up to a 99% Lighthouse performance grade.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy changes
- The project README says it removed Sentry, Gravatar, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Dropbox, and X-Mailer references or inclusions as privacy and GDPR-friendly changes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- SnappyMail is a simple, modern, lightweight, fast web-based email client.checked 12 Oct 2026
- RainLoop migration
- SnappyMail is described as a semi-drop-in RainLoop replacement, but most RainLoop plugins are incompatible and need SnappyMail equivalents or code changes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Release
- The releases page lists version 2.38.2 as the latest release, dated October 9.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- SnappyMail requires PHP 7.4 or newer and lists Chrome 69+, Firefox 78+, Opera 100+, Safari 12+, and Edge 79+ as supported browsers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Responsive design
- The comparison page lists responsive design and dark mode as supported features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The comparison page lists syslog login errors, Sec-Fetch checks, and admin TOTP two-factor authentication.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security guidance
- The installation guide recommends hosting webmail on a separate server from the mail server to isolate services and reduce the attack surface.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security support
- The project security policy says only the latest version receives security updates and directs vulnerability reports to an encrypted email address.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The project describes simple installation and upgrades, and says no database is required.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Bilthoven, Netherlandschecked 28 Sep 2026
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