Mail client optimized for self-hosted email across multiple domains
As someone with a clean IP range and ADHD, I manage my inbox by splitting across a variety of accounts for a variety of domains. I’ve never really found a client that scratches all my itches, so I spent some time making one and it’s now become my daily driver. It’s optimised to be visually simple and highly configurable for things like colour, folders/subfolders, sorting and tweaking the search query function to better match what you search for often. There’s also some little nice-to-haves like a purpose-built PWA, bulk domain onboarding, MCP and dark mode. It’s fully self-hostable,…
What it does
A self-hosted webmail client for people who run a lot of addresses across a lot of domains. One list, one keyboard, one container.
mainly a multi-domain mail client self-hosted, lightning fast, highly configurable. The script generates its own secrets, brings up Postgres and the app, and prints the address to open. Then ./mainly.sh user [email protected] creates your login and you add mailboxes from the UI. Full instructions, environment variables and an upgrade path are in the READMEfrom mainly.crnst8.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
As someone with a clean IP range and ADHD, I manage my inbox by splitting across a variety of accounts for a variety of domains. I’ve never really found a client that scratches all my itches, so I spent some time making one and it’s now become my daily driver. It’s optimised to be visually simple and highly configurable for things like colour, folders/subfolders, sorting and tweaking the search query function to better match what you search for often. There’s also some little nice-to-haves like a purpose-built PWA, bulk domain onboarding, MCP and dark mode. It’s fully self-hostable, open source and free of any AI bloat/VC fodder. Not trying to sell anything but rather make something un-shitified and simple to use, would love some feedback if you’ve given it a try! :~)
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