FairEmail
FairEmail is a free, open-source email app for Android. Fully featured email client. Neat, intuitive user interface. It has 4,689 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
- Android
- Java
- Email clients
- Actively maintained
About FairEmail
FairEmail is easy to set up and works with virtually all email providers, including Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo! Note that OAuth was not approved by Google, etc for the F-Droid build. For this you'll need to use the Play store version or the GitHub release. FairEmail might be for you if you value your privacy. FairEmail is an email client only, so you need to bring your own email address. FairEmail does not support non-standard protocols, like Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Microsoft ActiveSync.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds FairEmail from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is FairEmail?
FairEmail is a free, open-source email app for Android. Fully featured email client. Neat, intuitive user interface. It has 4,689 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is FairEmail free and open source?
Yes. FairEmail's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install FairEmail?
You can install FairEmail from F-Droid (package eu.faircode.email) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 1.2338).
Is FairEmail still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 4, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.