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Modoboa vs Mail-in-a-Box: catalog facts
Modoboa	Mail-in-a-Box
Free Free and open source, self-hosted.	Free Free and open source, self-hosted on your own server.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Simplified web UI lowers the barrier to running a full mail platform Open source and self-hosted, keeping mail data under your control	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
Requires a Linux server to install and maintain Smaller community than some larger self-hosted mail projects	Requires comfort running and maintaining a Linux server Tied specifically to Ubuntu, limiting deployment flexibility
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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