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mailcow: dockerized - + =

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Verdict 74/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 1 open CVE Last release 1 months ago

Self-host mailcow: dockerized - + = on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
74 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
13k
1.7k forks

About mailcow: dockerized - + =

From the project's README at github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
67
maturity
85
community
89
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
38

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 13k github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized
GitHub forks 1.7k github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age9.4 yearssince Dec 2016
Last commit5 days agoMay 2, 2026
Releases shipped86last: 1 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links2declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

16 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2025-53909.

Ready to self-host mailcow: dockerized - + =?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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