Email and newsletters
Airmail alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
Foundry376/Mailspring★17,726 GitHub starsGPL-3.0 licenceA full-featured, cross-platform desktop email client with IMAP/SMTP, unified inbox, search, and composing features.Open on GitHub ↗mailpile/Mailpile★8,826 GitHub starslicence unclearA web-based, privacy-focused email client offering local storage, search, encryption support, and a modern message UI.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Cross-platform polished native UIs for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro
- Deep integrations and many third-party app integrations
- Apple Design Award polish and long-term product polish/QA
- Enterprise MDM and business packaging features
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Airmail, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.