go-mail - Easy to use, yet comprehensive library for sending mails with Go by wneessen

Easy to use, yet comprehensive library for sending mails with Go

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Verdict 79/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty Last release 7 months ago

Self-host go-mail - Easy to use, yet comprehensive library for sending mails with Go on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
79 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
1.4k
94 forks

About go-mail - Easy to use, yet comprehensive library for sending mails with Go

From the project's README at github.com/wneessen/go-mail. 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
83
maturity
100
community
97
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
27

Adoption signals

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

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.4k github.com/wneessen/go-mail
GitHub forks 94 github.com/wneessen/go-mail

Release & maintenance

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

Project age4.2 yearssince Mar 2022
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped44last: 7 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

1 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: CVE-2025-59937.

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