# Open-source email backup tools

6 open-source email backup tools rated against public privacy criteria.

1. [getmail6](https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/getmail6/): B (80/100). Command-line mail retriever that downloads mail from POP3 and IMAP accounts into local Maildir or mbox files, or passes it to a delivery program. It is the Python 3 fork of getmail.
2. [Got Your Back](https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/got-your-back/): B (80/100). Command-line tool that backs up and restores Gmail and Google Workspace mailboxes through the Gmail API, saving messages as local files with an index.
3. [imap-backup](https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/imap-backup/): B (80/100). Command-line Ruby tool that backs up IMAP accounts to local files, with incremental updates, and can restore or migrate the backups to another IMAP server.
4. [ImportExportTools NG](https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/importexporttools-ng/): B (80/100). Thunderbird add-on that exports and imports messages and folders as EML, MBOX, HTML, PDF, plain text or CSV, and can back up the Thunderbird profile.
5. [isync](https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/isync/): B (80/100). Command-line tool, run as mbsync, that synchronizes IMAP mailboxes with local Maildir folders in both directions, including deletions and flag changes.
6. [OfflineIMAP](https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/offlineimap/): B (80/100). Command-line tool that synchronizes IMAP mailboxes with local Maildir folders in both directions, so mail can be read offline and kept as a local copy.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/open-source/email-backup/