Head to head
Mbox vs Val Town
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
No reviews yet
Search local email archives (.mbox/.eml) entirely on your machine. No OAuth, no cloud.
Full listing
No reviews yet
Deploy serverless TypeScript on Val Town: HTTP vals, cron, SQLite, email, OAuth.
Full listingThe short version
Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Val Town (97/100 against 88). Val Town is hosted and callable through the gateway; Mbox runs on your own machine.
| Mbox | Val Town | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A88/100 | A97/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 10 |
| Downloads / week | 17k | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 3 | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-08-14 | 2026-09-24 |
| Category |