SHSelfHostIndex
AP

Apache James

Enterprise mail server and SMTP/IMAP platform

Mail Servers ★ 1.1k stars Hard setup Apache-2.0

Apache James is a complete enterprise mail server and SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 platform from the Apache Foundation. It can be fully self-hosted and extended with custom mailets for processing mail.

Official siteSource code

Key features

  • Enterprise mail server platform
  • SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 support
  • Extensible with custom mailets

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.1k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Java

Is Apache James secure?

OSV.dev lists 14 published advisories for Apache James. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2024-37358, published 2025-02-06 (615 days ago), fixed in 3.7.6, 3.8.2

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Apache James replaces

Self-hosted Microsoft Exchange alternatives

Health badge

Maintain Apache James? Add its health score to your README. The badge links back to this page.

SelfHostIndex: 78 · good

Markdown
[![SelfHostIndex health score for Apache James](https://selfhostindex.com/badge/apache-james.svg)](https://selfhostindex.com/app/apache-james/)
HTML
<a href="https://selfhostindex.com/app/apache-james/"><img src="https://selfhostindex.com/badge/apache-james.svg" alt="SelfHostIndex health score for Apache James"></a>
reStructuredText
.. image:: https://selfhostindex.com/badge/apache-james.svg
   :alt: SelfHostIndex health score for Apache James
   :target: https://selfhostindex.com/app/apache-james/

The score is recomputed on every nightly rebuild from public repository data — see how it is calculated.

Compare Apache James

8 head-to-head comparisons.

Similar mail servers apps