Magma

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

The encrypted mail server daemon from Lavabit, handling SMTP, POP and IMAP with experimental DMTP/DMAP (Dark Mail) and webmail.

Adopt it when

You are researching encrypted mail protocols; it is not a practical choice for running a mail service.

Watch out

The README says features are unstable, there are no releases, and pushes stopped in March 2025.

Ready for

Experimental

Runs as

Self-hosted server

Built with

C and JavaScript

How established

Established: started 12 years ago, no tagged release yet.

What the license allows

Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Magma → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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