Roundcube: Good Old Webmail That Just Works If you’ve ever run your own mail server, chances are you’ve bumped into Roundcube — maybe even used it without thinking much about it. It’s not shiny, not packed with bells and whistles, but it gets the job done. Clean UI, decent speed, runs on most LAMP stacks, and doesn’t need 500MB of JavaScript to render an inbox.

And really — that’s the charm.

Roundcube gives people a way to check their mail from a browser, without handing it off to Google or Mi

Nextcloud: Private Cloud Without the Vendor Strings Attached There comes a point where shared folders, public clouds, and half-baked sync tools just don’t cut it anymore. Maybe it’s about control. Maybe it’s about trust. Or maybe it’s just about knowing exactly where files go and who can see them.

That’s where Nextcloud fits in. It’s a full-featured, self-hosted cloud platform — for files, calendars, contacts, chat, and more. You run it where you want, control the storage, users, apps, and upda

RainLoop: Lightweight Webmail That Doesn’t Feel Like a Relic There’s something refreshing about RainLoop. It’s not trying to be a collaboration suite. It’s not trying to replace Gmail. It just gives users a clean, fast webmail interface — with zero database dependencies and minimal setup.

Compared to heavier options like Roundcube, RainLoop feels snappier out of the box. The UI is more modern, with responsive design and fewer reloads. And even though it’s lightweight, it still checks the boxes:

Zimbra OSE: When You Need Email Hosting That Feels Enterprise — Without the Bill Setting up a mail server is easy — until users start asking for webmail, calendars, shared folders, mobile sync, admin tools, and group management. Suddenly you’re in “groupware” territory, and plain Postfix + Dovecot won’t cut it.

That’s where Zimbra OSE comes into play. The open-source edition of Zimbra is like getting 70% of an enterprise mail platform — for free. It handles mail, contacts, calendars, file shari