{
  "name": "Bichon",
  "slug": "bichon",
  "categories": [
    7
  ],
  "date_created": "2026-02-07",
  "type": "ct",
  "updateable": true,
  "privileged": false,
  "interface_port": 15630,
  "documentation": "https://github.com/rustmailer/bichon/wiki",
  "config_path": "/opt/bichon/bichon.env",
  "website": "https://github.com/rustmailer/bichon",
  "logo": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons@main/webp/bichon.webp",
  "description": "Bichon is an open-source email archiving system that synchronizes emails from IMAP servers, indexes them for full-text search, and provides a REST API for programmatic access. Unlike email clients, Bichon is designed for archiving and searching rather than sending/receiving emails. It runs as a standalone server application that continuously synchronizes configured email accounts and maintains a searchable local archive.",
  "install_methods": [
    {
      "type": "default",
      "script": "ct/bichon.sh",
      "resources": {
        "cpu": 1,
        "ram": 1024,
        "hdd": 4,
        "os": "Debian",
        "version": "13"
      }
    }
  ],
  "default_credentials": {
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "admin@bichon"
  },
  "notes": [
    {
      "text": "The Disk space initially allocated by the script is only a placeholder, as we can't know how much space you will ever need. You should increase it to match your workload.",
      "type": "info"
    },
    {
      "text": "Please copy your `BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD` from `/opt/bichon/bichon.env` to a safe place.",
      "type": "warning"
    }
  ]
}