With the restore command Gmvault can recreate your gmail mailboxes in any Gmail account. All attributes such as Gmail labels are preserved and recreated. With restore, you will recover your Gmail account exactly as it was.

Gmvault can run a quick sync mode regularly (ie. every day) to keep your backup up to date.

Use the full sync mode to backup your entire gmail account in a unique directory. Your email backup repository can then be easily tarred and moved from one machine to the other.

Followed by more than 770 users on Github, many contributions, numerous issues reported and features required.

Stayed number one on HackerNews for a day. Previewed and recommended in Wired , Techerator , PCWorld , FSM , Lifehacker , Addictivetips .Gmvault is now the main free open-source solution to backup your Gmail mailbox.

Since its creation in 2012 Gmvault has been downloaded more than 50000 times. Users have provided lots of feedback which has been incorporated in the latest Gmvault version.

Handle all Gmail IMAP hiccups. Even being the world's best email service, Gmail and especially its IMAP service is not without bugs. Gmvault handles all these issues to provide the smoothest experience to the user. Gmvault deals with the most common issues and always leaves the user with an uncorrupted email database.

Encrypt saved emails. All the emails saved in your email repository can be protected with encryption. With this feature, you can put your backup emails on a cloud storage system while protecting your information.