The Best Open Source Gmail AlternativesTop WebMail Providers & Email Clients like Gmail

The best open source alternative to Gmail is Proton Mail. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Gmail and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Gmail are Tuta Mail, Disroot, Posteo and Infomaniak kMail.

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  1. Proton Mail icon
     1085 likes

    Proton Mail provides secure email services with end-to-end encryption, ensuring data protection. Swiss-based and outside US jurisdiction, it offers a free version to champion privacy as a human right. Fully accessible on any device.

    104 Proton Mail alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Tor
     
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  2. Tuta Mail icon
     563 likes

    Offers comprehensive encryption for email, calendar, and contacts with zero personal info required. Built on open source, install via Play Store, F-Droid, or APK, with Tor and VPN support. Both free and paid plans; utilizes quantum-resistant encryption ensuring privacy-focused, anonymous usage.

    109 Tuta Mail alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Android Tablet
    • Thunderbird
     
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  3. Disroot icon
     120 likes

    Disroot is a platform providing online services based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralization.

    46 Disroot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • F-Droid
     
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  4. Posteo icon
     89 likes

    Web- and IMAP-based email service. 4GB cost 1€/month. Information is hosted on encrypted hard drives. Electricity from renewable resources is used.

    79 Posteo alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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  5. Privacy-focused Swiss email system provides 20 GB free storage, supports custom domains and unlimited storage, syncs contacts and calendars, is ad-free, and is part of a secure productivity suite used by over a million users across Europe on all devices.

    50 Infomaniak kMail alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
     
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  6. Forward Email icon
     8 likes

    Forward Email is the best email service, encrypted email service, and fastest email service. It supports unlimited domains and aliases for no extra cost. It uses quantum safe ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption and offers SMTP, IMAP, POP3, email webhooks, email regular expressions...

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
  7. Kolab Now icon
     43 likes

    Kolab Now provides a suite of intuitive apps in a user friendly environment to make your day to day online comms easier, smarter and most importantly; secure.

    76 Kolab Now alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • DAVx5
     
  8. Swisscows.email is another product of Swisscows AG. This product offers you secure email traffic. With Swisscows.email you can send your emails encrypted so that absolutely no one can read them. The service is comparable to a letter that is protected from prying eyes in an...

    57 Swisscows.email alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. Cloud Mail icon
     2 likes

    Cloudflare Workers-based email solution providing multiple address generation, attachment storage via R2, responsive web interface, RBAC management, Resend bulk email, Telegram or third-party forwarding, verification code recognition, and ECharts analytics.

    20 Cloud Mail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Zero Email icon
     6 likes

    Zero is an open-source AI email solution that gives users the power to self-host their own email app while also integrating external services like Gmail and other email providers. Our goal is to modernize and improve emails through AI agents to truly modernize emails.

    52 Zero Email alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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  11. Galae icon
     1 like

    Galae is a secure email service focused on deliverability, self-management and interoperability. It totally relies on free/libre opensource software.

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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