Simple email application for Android. Original source code: https://framagit.org/dystopia-project/simple-email
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  1. FairEmail
  2. =========
  3. *Open source, privacy friendly email app*
  4. This email app might be for you if your current email app:
  5. * takes long to receive or show messages
  6. * can manage only one email address
  7. * cannot show conversations
  8. * cannot work offline
  9. * looks outdated
  10. * is not maintained
  11. * stores your email on their servers
  12. * is closed source, potentially violating your privacy
  13. Features
  14. --------
  15. * 100 % open source
  16. * Multiple accounts (inboxes)
  17. * Multiple identities (outboxes)
  18. * Unified inbox
  19. * Distraction free reading and writing
  20. * Message threading
  21. * Two way synchronization
  22. * Offline storage and operations
  23. * Material design
  24. * Dark theme
  25. Pro features
  26. ------------
  27. * Signatures
  28. * Account colors
  29. * Standard replies
  30. * Sort on time, unread or starred
  31. * Progressive search (first local, then server)
  32. * Preview sender/subject in new messages status bar notification
  33. * Export settings
  34. Simple
  35. ------
  36. * Easy navigation
  37. * No unnecessary settings
  38. * No bells and whistles
  39. Secure
  40. ------
  41. * Allow encrypted connections only
  42. * Accept valid security certificates only
  43. * Authentication required
  44. * Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed)
  45. * No special permissions required
  46. * No advertisements
  47. * No analytics and no tracking
  48. Efficient
  49. ---------
  50. * [IMAP IDLE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE) (push messages) supported
  51. * Built with latest development tools and libraries
  52. * Android 6 Marshmallow or later required
  53. This app is minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.
  54. This app starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new email.
  55. Downloads
  56. ---------
  57. * [GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases)
  58. * [Play store](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.faircode.email)
  59. Frequently asked questions
  60. --------------------------
  61. See [here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md) for a list of often asked questions.
  62. Support
  63. -------
  64. * For support on FairEmail, please go [here](https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/source-email-t3824168)
  65. Contributing
  66. ------------
  67. *Documentation*
  68. Contributions to this document and the frequently asked questions
  69. are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
  70. *Translations*
  71. * You can translate the in-app texts of FairEmail [here](https://crowdin.com/project/open-source-email)
  72. * If your language is not listed, please send a message through [this contact form](https://contact.faircode.eu/)
  73. *Source code*
  74. Building FairEmail from source code is straightforward with [Android Studio](http://developer.android.com/sdk/).
  75. It is expected that you can solve build problems yourself, so there is no support on building.
  76. Source code contributions are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
  77. Please [contact me](https://contact.faircode.eu/) first to tell me what your plans are.
  78. Please note that you agree to the license below by contributing, including the copyright.
  79. Attribution
  80. -----------
  81. FairEmail uses:
  82. * [JavaMail](https://javaee.github.io/javamail/). Copyright (c) 1997-2018 Oracle® and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. [GPLv2+CE license](https://javaee.github.io/javamail/JavaMail-License).
  83. * [jsoup](https://jsoup.org/). Copyright © 2009 - 2017 Jonathan Hedley. [MIT license](https://jsoup.org/license).
  84. * [JCharset](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/). Copyright © 2005-2015 Amichai Rothman. [GNU General Public License](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/#license)
  85. * [Android Support Library](https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/). Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project. [Apache license](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support/+/master/LICENSE.txt).
  86. * [Android Architecture Components](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/). Copyright 2018 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. [Apache license](https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture-components/blob/master/LICENSE).
  87. License
  88. -------
  89. [GNU General Public License version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)
  90. Copyright (c) 2018 Marcel Bokhorst. All rights reserved
  91. FairEmail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  92. it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  93. the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  94. (at your option) any later version.
  95. FairEmail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  96. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  97. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  98. GNU General Public License for more details.
  99. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  100. along with FairEmail. If not, see [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/).