mailcow: dockerized vs Mailu
A side-by-side comparison of mailcow: dockerized and Mailu — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Dockerized full-stack mail server, a self-hosted Gmail alternative | Simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images |
| Category | Email & Newsletters | Email & Newsletters |
| Replaces | Gmail / Google Workspace | Gmail / Google Workspace |
| GitHub stars | 13k | 7.3k |
| Language | PHP | Python |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 3/5 Moderate | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Compose Manual | Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 11 days ago | 16 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
