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directorytree/imapengine
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A fully-featured IMAP library -- without the PHP extension

v1.25.0(1w ago)551284.6k—8.6%246MITPHPPHP ^8.1CI passing

Since Feb 13Pushed 1w ago9 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/DirectoryTree/ImapEngine)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/directorytree/imapengine)[ Docs](https://github.com/directorytree/imapengine)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/stevebauman)[ RSS](/packages/directorytree-imapengine/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (28)Versions (145)Used By (6)Security (1)

[![](https://github.com/directorytree/imapengine/raw/master/art/logo.svg)](https://github.com/directorytree/imapengine/blob/master/art/logo.svg)

Working with IMAP doesn't need to be hard.

ImapEngine provides a simple API for managing mailboxes -- without using the PHP extension.

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/73af7add7db31a6a4c1e8d41a43af0062ff9ebebecb686a87d30215c95d3a6d2/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f6469726563746f7279747265652f696d6170656e67696e652f72756e2d74657374732e796d6c3f6272616e63683d6d6173746572267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/directorytree/imapengine/actions)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0af3bcfe94654d3172a327414459e00898d6a9786b18bf9b8a50302a9ae40068/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f4469726563746f7279547265652f496d6170456e67696e652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/DirectoryTree/ImapEngine)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/85d5815762198b0c2b197c390f280931331250edd9b174ee0ddc33df99df101d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f4469726563746f7279547265652f496d6170456e67696e652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/DirectoryTree/ImapEngine)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/436665b4493d41bdc1b0287b935dada92354e5fba831f7cdecd417391febd418/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f4469726563746f7279547265652f496d6170456e67696e653f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/DirectoryTree/ImapEngine)

 [View Documentation](https://imapengine.com)

###  Health Score

66

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FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance98

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity57

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community31

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~6 days

Recently: every ~27 days

Total

78

Last Release

13d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c6dd082636ff8a08df8dfdcd622ea242374d1d76dd33bceec5a6cd3ae26dc24f?d=identicon)[stevebauman](/maintainers/stevebauman)

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Top Contributors

[![stevebauman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6421846?v=4)](https://github.com/stevebauman "stevebauman (666 commits)")[![Sn0wCrack](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/442287?v=4)](https://github.com/Sn0wCrack "Sn0wCrack (7 commits)")[![CReimer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1853907?v=4)](https://github.com/CReimer "CReimer (6 commits)")[![Arkemlar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19671202?v=4)](https://github.com/Arkemlar "Arkemlar (5 commits)")[![sertxudev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22801379?v=4)](https://github.com/sertxudev "sertxudev (1 commits)")[![williamdes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7784660?v=4)](https://github.com/williamdes "williamdes (1 commits)")[![chrootchad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/161940470?v=4)](https://github.com/chrootchad "chrootchad (1 commits)")[![raphaelstolt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48225?v=4)](https://github.com/raphaelstolt "raphaelstolt (1 commits)")[![salvor-hardin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40695717?v=4)](https://github.com/salvor-hardin "salvor-hardin (1 commits)")

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Tags

imapphpmailimapengine

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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