Piler

Feature-rich email archiving solution.

Active Last commit on 2026-11-06 · 1 release in the past year · 76 commits in the past 12 months

At a glance

GitHub stars: 359
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Latest release: piler-1.4.9
2026-06-17
Commits (12 mo): 76
Releases (12 mo): 1
License: GPL-3.0
Language / platform: C, Docker, deb

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit on 2026-11-06 · 1 release in the past year · 76 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Piler yourself

RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
Docker: yes
Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.

Estimated monthly server cost

Provider	Plan size	~ USD / month
Vultr	2 GB	$10	Deploy →
DigitalOcean	2 GB	$12	Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)	2 GB	$12	Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

Prefer managed hosting? Check PikaPods or Elestio.

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