oxi

Search emails...

Alice Chen

Re: Q4 Product Roadmap

Hey, I reviewed the draft and have a few...

GitHub

[oxi] PR #42 merged

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David Park

Design system updates

Attached the latest component specs for...

Sarah Wilson

Meeting notes — Sprint 14

Here are the action items from today's...

Re: Q4 Product Roadmap

Alice Chen <alice@example.com> · 2 hours ago

Hey,

I reviewed the draft and have a few suggestions for the search feature prioritization. The Tantivy integration looks solid — instant full-text search will be a big differentiator.

Can we sync tomorrow to walk through the calendar integration timeline? I think we can ship it in the next sprint if we scope it to read-only iCal parsing first.

Best,
Alice

Features

Everything you need in a webmail client

Built for speed and simplicity. No bloat, no bundled mail server — just a clean, modern interface for your existing email infrastructure.

✉

Full Email Management

Read, compose, reply, forward, and organize emails with a rich text editor powered by Tiptap.

🔍

Instant Search

Tantivy-powered full-text search delivers results across thousands of emails in milliseconds.

⚡

Real-Time Sync

WebSocket-driven live mailbox updates. New emails appear instantly without refreshing.

📅

Calendar

iCal event parsing with calendar view. See your schedule alongside your emails.

🔒

Secure by Default

Memory-safe Rust backend. IMAP credential auth, session tokens, rate limiting, HTML sanitization.

📦

One Docker Image

Single container serves the full application. Connects to any IMAP/SMTP server. No vendor lock-in.

Tech Stack

Built with the best tools

A React + Rust stack designed for performance, reliability, and developer experience.

Frontend

Next.js 16 Static export

React 19 UI framework

Tailwind CSS 4 Styling

Shadcn/ui Components

Zustand State management

TanStack Query Data fetching

Backend

Rust Language

Axum HTTP framework

Tokio Async runtime

Tantivy Full-text search

SQLite Per-user cache

Lettre SMTP client

Get Started

Up and running in minutes

Deploy with Docker or build from source. Just point it at your mail server.

# Pull and run
docker run -d \
  --name oxi \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  -e IMAP_HOST=mail.example.com \
  -e SMTP_HOST=mail.example.com \
  -v oxi-data:/data \
  ghcr.io/c0h1b4/oxi:latest

Then open localhost:3001 and log in with your email credentials.

# docker-compose.yml
services:
  app:
    image: ghcr.io/c0h1b4/oxi:latest
    ports:
      - "3001:3001"
    environment:
      - IMAP_HOST=mail.example.com
      - SMTP_HOST=mail.example.com
    volumes:
      - oxi-data:/data

volumes:
  oxi-data:

Run docker compose up -d and open localhost:3001.

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/c0h1b4/oxi.git && cd oxi

# Frontend
cd frontend && bun install && bun run build && cd ..

# Backend
cd backend && cargo build --release && cd ..

# Run
STATIC_DIR=frontend/out \
IMAP_HOST=mail.example.com \
SMTP_HOST=mail.example.com \
  ./backend/target/release/oxi-email-server

Requires Bun and Rust. Open localhost:3001 when ready.

Why oxi?

Compared to alternatives

oxi fills a gap — a modern webmail UI without the baggage of a full mail platform.

	oxi	Roundcube	SOGo	Mailcow
Backend language	Rust	PHP	Objective-C	PHP / Python
Frontend framework	React / Next.js	jQuery	Angular	Vue.js
Modern UI	✓	✕	✕	✕
Memory-safe backend	✓	✕	✕	✕
Full-text search	✓	✕	✓	✓
No bundled mail server	✓	✓	✓	✕
WebSocket live sync	✓	✕	✕	✕
Single Docker image	✓	✓	✕	✕