The tool is called Bichon, because three weeks ago my wife and I bought my daughter a two-month-old Bichon puppy. She’s really adorable, so I decided to name this open-source project after her.
I’ve released it on GitHub: bichon.
It’s a self-hosted project that doesn’t rely on any external systems. I developed it based on my experience with RustMailer, so it benefits from what I’ve learned building that project. It might not be perfect yet, but I think it turned out pretty well, and I hope it’s useful to you.
If you find it helpful, I’d really appreciate a star on the repo!
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Self-hosted refers to the practice of running your own applications and services on your own servers or devices, giving you full control over your data and how it is managed.

selfhosted

Bichon is a self-hosted email archiving and search tool built in Rust. The project is open-source and doesn't require external dependencies. It was developed by the creator of RustMailer, incorporating lessons learned from that experience. The tool provides unified email management capabilities with a focus on search functionality.

I built a unified email archiving and search tool in Rust. It’s completely free and open-source.

<a href="https://github.com/rustmailer/bichon" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/rustmailer/bichon</a>

May I ask you what is main use-case of this? I don’t know what e-mail archiver is good for people like me. (common developer which has mail mainly for getting notifications)