Billy Dong

Billy Dong

Self-hosted email API built in Rust

About

I switched from Scala to Rust two years ago, and I’ve been building a Rust-based email middleware ever since. As a full-stack indie developer, I handle both the frontend and the backend (in Rust), and I bring years of DevOps experience to the table.

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Maker History

  • Bichon
    Bichonbichon – a lightweight, high-performance rust email archiver
    Nov 2025
  • RustMailer
    RustMailerA source-available self-hosted Email API, built in Rust
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntJuly 26th, 2025

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Billy Dong•

2mo ago

Bichon - bichon – a lightweight, high-performance rust email archiver

Bichon – A lightweight, high-performance Rust email archiver with WebUI - rustmailer/bichon
Billy Dong•

5mo ago

RustMailer - A self-hosted IMAP/SMTP middleware designed for developers

RustMailer is a self-hosted, open-source email API platform for syncing IMAP, sending SMTP, and integrating via webhooks. It supports multi-account sync, programmable filters with VRL, NATS delivery, gRPC & OpenAPI, plus a built-in web client.
Billy Dong•

6mo ago

RustMailer - A source-available self-hosted Email API, built in Rust

RustMailer is a self-hosted, source-available email API platform for syncing IMAP, sending SMTP, and integrating via webhooks. It supports multi-account sync, programmable filters with VRL, webhooks/NATS delivery, gRPC & OpenAPI, plus a built-in web client.
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