Fully featured email client. Neat, intuitive user interface. Privacy friendly
About this app
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.
Main features
* Fully featured * 100 % open source * Privacy oriented * Unlimited accounts * Unlimited email addresses * Unified inbox (optionally accounts or folders) * Conversation threading * Two way synchronization * Push notifications * Offline storage and operations * Common text style options (size, color, lists, etc) * Battery friendly * Low data usage * Small (~30 MB) * Material design (including dark/black theme) * Maintained and supported
This app is deliberately minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.
This app starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new emails.
Privacy features
* Encryption/decryption supported (OpenPGP, S/MIME) * Reformat messages to prevent phishing * Confirm showing images to prevent tracking * Confirm opening links to prevent tracking and phishing * Attempt to recognize and disable tracking images * Warning if messages could not be authenticated
Simple
* Quick setup * Easy navigation * No bells and whistles * No distracting "eye candy"
Secure
* No data storage on third party servers * Using open standards (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, OpenPGP, S/MIME, etc) * Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed) * Confirm opening links, images and attachments * No special permissions required * No advertisements * No analytics and no tracking (error reporting via Bugsnag is opt-in) * No Google backup * No Firebase Cloud Messaging * FairEmail is an original work, not a fork or a clone
Efficient
* Fast and lightweight * IMAP IDLE (push messages) supported * Built with latest development tools and libraries
Pro features
All pro features are convenience or advanced features.
* Account/identity/folder colors * Colored stars * Notification settings (sounds) per account/folder/sender (requires Android 8 Oreo) * Configurable notification actions * Snooze messages * Send messages after selected time * Synchronization scheduling * Reply templates * Accept/decline calendar invitations * Add message to calendar * Filter rules * Automatic message classification * Search indexing * S/MIME sign/encrypt * Biometric/PIN authentication * Message list widget * Export settings
For more information, please see here: https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/README.md
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by Marcel Bokhorst (M66B).
What's New in v1.2325
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Changelog
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- Notices
- People keep asking me to add new, often exotic, features to the app, to whom I often say "no", and other people complain about too many features.
- Both groups of people leave bad reviews for this, which is frustrating, also because there are already enough bad reviews for the wrong reasons
- (email server problems, which unfortunately happen too often, etc.).
Version history
Jul 5, 2026 · 27.4 MB · Android API 23–37 · code 2325
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Changelog
- --------------------
- Notices
- People keep asking me to add new, often exotic, features to the app, to whom I often say "no", and other people complain about too many features.
- Both groups of people leave bad reviews for this, which is frustrating, also because there are already enough bad reviews for the wrong reasons
- (email server problems, which unfortunately happen too often, etc.).
SHA-256 3f540e26d065bfa2ef3f48265d9d9c3855bc45c203cdc55a0ab798e7962c200f
Jul 2, 2026 · 27.4 MB · Android API 23–37 · code 2324
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Changelog
- --------------------
- Notices
- People keep asking me to add new, often exotic, features to the app, to whom I often say "no", and other people complain about too many features.
- Both groups of people leave bad reviews for this, which is frustrating, also because there are already enough bad reviews for the wrong reasons
- (email server problems, which unfortunately happen too often, etc.).
SHA-256 7f8d147dfc4fd478d1c16673d9d2cd5da2b3a80799a4d0a5b5fe23b995f0c807
Jul 1, 2026 · 27.4 MB · Android API 23–37 · code 2323
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Changelog
- --------------------
- Notices
- People keep asking me to add new, often exotic, features to the app, to whom I often say "no", and other people complain about too many features.
- Both groups of people leave bad reviews for this, which is frustrating, also because there are already enough bad reviews for the wrong reasons
- (email server problems, which unfortunately happen too often, etc.).
SHA-256 eb96640a2eef147fc3319a6e94247877efb638312889eb6a60087b725fb58f9d
Will it run on your device?
92%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
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How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 1.2324 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall FairEmail first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
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3f540e26d065bfa2ef3f48265d9d9c3855bc45c203cdc55a0ab798e7962c200f
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