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Mail-in-a-Box vs Maddy: catalog facts
Mail-in-a-Box	Maddy
Free Free and open source, self-hosted on your own server.	Free Free and open source, self-hosted.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Automates the entire setup of a mail server stack on a single Ubuntu box Open source, so the full setup can be audited and self-hosted	Single-binary deployment simplifies installation compared to multi-package mail stacks Written in Go with a composable configuration model
Requires comfort running and maintaining a Linux server Tied specifically to Ubuntu, limiting deployment flexibility	Smaller community and fewer guides than more established mail servers Still requires Linux server administration to run
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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