Bichon

A lightweight, high-performance Rust email archiver with WebUI.

Port	15630
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/bichon
Source	https://github.com/rustmailer/bichon
Website	https://github.com/rustmailer/bichon

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  bichon:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/bichon:latest
    container_name: bichon
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD=changeme
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/bichon/data:/data"
    ports:
      - 15630:15630
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "{'port': 15630, 'path': '/'}"]
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=bichon
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD=changeme

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  bichon:
    name: bichon
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD: !ENV '${BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD}'
    volumes:
      - bichon_data: /data
volumes:
  bichon_data:
    device: '/path/to/containers/bichon/data'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/bichon:${tag}

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name bichon \
  -p 15630:15630 \
  --health-cmd {'port': 15630, 'path': '/'} \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD=changeme \
  -v /path/to/containers/bichon/data:/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/bichon:latest

Ansible

- name: Deploy bichon
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: bichon
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/bichon:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD: "changeme"
    ports:
      - "15630:15630"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/bichon/data:/data"

Access at: http://localhost:15630

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD	changeme	Encryption password for core database

Volumes

Path	Description
/data	Core data and search indices

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
15630	TCP	Web UI / API

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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