install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mox

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install mox

MacPorts ports tree · mail/mox/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mox

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mo/mox/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Modern full-featured open source secure mail server

Project links

Commands and aliases

mox

history

Project history and usage

Mox is an all-in-one mail server project whose site says work started in 2021 in response to email administration becoming concentrated around large cloud and hosting providers and to the operational burden of assembling many separate mail components. The project frames that burden as both usability and safety work: modern email requires SMTP, IMAP, authentication, TLS, DNS records, filtering, and policy protocols, often spread across several daemons.

Project history

Mox's major technical milestone is its integrated design. The README describes one secure mail server for low-maintenance self-hosted email, with SMTP for receiving, submission, and delivery; IMAP4 for mail clients; webmail; SPF, DKIM, and DMARC; DMARC aggregate reports; reputation tracking; junk filtering; and setup flows that print the DNS records an administrator must add. The project site also describes a quickstart path and a `mox localserve` mode for local SMTP, IMAP, and webmail testing without a full public-domain setup.

How it is used

In package-manager terms, Mox competes less with a single package than with stacks such as Postfix plus Dovecot plus filtering and policy tools. Its appeal is to self-hosters and small-domain administrators who want one Go program, one configuration model, and built-in modern mail hygiene instead of composing a mail system from many long-lived Unix services.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: mox.confdomains.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mox`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version0.0.15

manager updated2026-07-29

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.0.15

https://github.com/mjl-/mox

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mox
Version	0.0.15
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mox
Homepage	https://www.xmox.nl
Repository	https://github.com/mjl-/mox
Upstream docs	https://www.xmox.nl
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/mjl-/mox/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.15.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-29T17:05:01+02:00
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mox
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

mox

nix profile install nixpkgs#mox

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mox

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

mox

sudo port install mox

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mox

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: mail/mox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mox.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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