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Self-hosted Rust email archiver with IMAP, OAuth2, and full-text search for long-term mailbox preservation.
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What you can build with Bichon
Bichon is an open-source email archiving server written in Rust. It connects to IMAP accounts, downloads messages incrementally using UID-based sync, builds a Tantivy full-text search index, and serves a clean REST API with an embedded WebUI for searching, browsing, and exporting archived mail.
Self-hosting Bichon on your own VPS keeps every archived message, attachment, and credential inside infrastructure you control. Account credentials are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, OAuth 2.0 tokens are refreshed automatically, and multiple mailboxes are downloaded concurrently — making Bichon a fast, private alternative to commercial email archiving services without per-mailbox fees.
Key features of Bichon
Full-text search
Tantivy-powered indexing across message bodies, headers, and attachments returns results in milliseconds with faceted filters and thread grouping.
IMAP and OAuth2 sync
Connects to any IMAP server using password (PLAIN/LOGIN) or OAuth 2.0 (XOAUTH2) authentication, with automatic token refresh for Gmail and Microsoft accounts.
Incremental archiving
UID-based incremental sync downloads only new messages on each pass, keeping bandwidth and storage usage low across multiple concurrent mailboxes.
Encrypted credentials
All IMAP and OAuth credentials are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM using a key derived from the encryption password set at deployment.
Multi-user RBAC
Role-based access control lets you grant per-account permissions to additional users for shared archives, with a full audit log of access events.
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Get your application up and running instantly with a preconfigured setup. No manual installation or complex setup steps.
Security you can rely on
Keep your applications protected with a built-in firewall, DDoS protection, and continuous monitoring.
Built in Docker manager
Run and manage multiple Docker containers from one place. Deploy, update, and monitor your projects with ease.
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