macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install moxlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install moxMacPorts ports tree · mail/mox/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install mox with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix
Modern full-featured open source secure mail server. Version 0.0.15 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#moxnixpkgs 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version0.0.15
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.0.15
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
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/commands |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/mjl-/mox/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.15.tar.gz |
| 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 |
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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
MacPorts95%
mox
sudo port install mox- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mox
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- 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