bytemail
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Fast, native email
for your Mac.

All your accounts in one beautiful inbox. Read, reply and search in an instant — and your mail never touches our servers.

  • Gmail
  • iCloud
  • Outlook
  • Microsoft 365
  • Yahoo
  • Fastmail
  • any IMAP server
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  • Up to 5 devices, Mac and iPhone

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Or download bytemail and start the trial from inside the app. On Homebrew: brew install --cask bytemail

macOS 14+ · Apple silicon · 7 languages
Reviews

People love bytemail.

All reviews
I’ve tried Spark and Airmail, and stuck with Canary the longest. bytemail is now my daily client: native, snappy, Gmail and IMAP together, works with my own AI tools, and no strong opinions about how I handle my email. Sergey is very responsive too.
Ben Hanson Switched from Canary
I did not expect a mail app could be beautiful. Opening it feels like opening a feed on a social network. Built by an engineer for engineers, with good UI/UX taste.
Dmytro Bavykin on Product Hunt
I’ve been using it for a month and ditched Spark. Not because it’s perfect, but because it improves every single day. I have 12 inboxes and it works perfectly.
Jean-Pierre Michael Switched from Spark
Buyer 6 here: do not miss this. The developer and the Discord are highly engaged, and the app just keeps getting better. The message-style inbox makes managing my email a breeze.
Brad Hallett Lifetime licence
Clean, minimal, and exactly the kind of interface I like. The chat-style conversations are cool, as is the AI integration.
Angelo Seraphim Tried Spark, Canary and Apple Mail
Picked this up to manage all my mailboxes. THIS MAIL CLIENT IS AWESOME!!!!!!! Cleaning up my old mailbox so i dont choke my notebook.
Trevor Lowing on Facebook
I cancelled my trial, but after two days of continuous updates in its last days, I got a lifetime licence. Keep the updates coming!
Junior Hemelaer Lifetime licence
It’s crazy how mediocre or outdated most mail clients are. I tried so many. Smart move to create a good one.
Tim @timalphena
Rapid dev cycle, responsive dev, MCP, supports most mail providers, and fast.
Lucas Young Lists bytemail among his Mac apps
There are a lot of email options these days, but bytemail looks more lovely than most.
lane brain @lanebrainlane
I LOVE the aesthetic of the app. It’s tempting to at least try it out.
Patrick Campanale Former Newton Mail user
I’m using the TestFlight and thinking about buying lifetime before it’s gone. The conversation-style emails? I love it.
Radwan Albahrani iPhone beta tester
That’s worth it! Going for it. I can’t stand a cluttered and dysfunctional email box.
Steven Perry Early lifetime buyer
Looks awesome and feels like honest pricing.
Merijn @merijnvanes
Just grabbed the lifetime deal. I hooked up one email address and it’s already just so much better than this sh*t I’ve been dealing with for the last 20 years! Killer job 🙌
Will Schmierer BuiltWTF · lifetime licence
The look and feel of the app is awesome. I tested all email clients available for macOS and this one is the best one so far!
Lucien D. bytemail user
I’ve tried so many email apps over the years and I’ve never been happy with anything. This feels just right.
George T. Director
Really impressed. The cleanest email reading I’ve seen from any client, and the confirm-in-app safety model is great.
Tanner M. Uses bytemail with Claude Code
What you are building is really impressive, and I love the speed of the development.
Joel M. bytemail user
Loving the app so far. It’s been really easy to get up and running quickly.
Diego P. bytemail user
I really love the passion for the product and the constant updates and new functionality.
Juan M. bytemail user
Thanks for picking these up and sorting them out so quickly! Really nice to see the feedback making its way into the app.
Pedro M. Partner at a car import firm
I really love this app… It’s way better than what I was trying to build.
R*** W*** CEO
Love, love the start you have with ByteMail. It’s intuitive, smooth, and actually feels like a native Mac app.
A*** R*** Photographer & DP
I’ve tried almost every email client: Apple Mail, Outlook, Spark, Airmail, Mailmate, Canary, Superhuman and more. I’ve been on Airmail for years, and this is the closest I’ve ever been to switching. An absolute winner.
u/Status-Tonight2181 on r/macapps
Just bought the lifetime deal! If it ends up replacing my expensive Superhuman subscription, even better.
u/NeurosisByAnalysis Superhuman user · lifetime licence
Local only and native SwiftUI is exactly what I want from a mail client.
u/debaser_101 on r/macapps
What looks like a fantastic app! The native approach and MCP integration are particularly exciting. Great work!
u/nicksakellariou on r/macapps
Really enjoying the app so far. Purchased the lifetime deal.
u/N3orun Lifetime licence
This looks awesome! I just bought the lifetime deal to help support you as an indie dev.
u/CRWM_ Lifetime licence
I just bought the Lifetime deal after adding the first account and testing the features, speed and UI. Speedy, clean, modern. Very happy to replace Airmail.
u/Local-Shopping-8907 on r/macapps · lifetime licence
Used it for a week and am thrilled. I’ve already tested many mail apps for the Mac, but this new release is far from it. And, not unimportant to me, she looks good too!!! Worth every EUR!
u/Confusion_East on Reddit
Sign-in codes growing out of the notch and Undo Send flying a paper plane through it make it feel like it belongs on the Mac. And AI apps can search, draft and tidy my mail while sending always waits for my OK. That’s the right boundary.
JC Maker of Haplo AI
Great app: consistent updates, and the author is open to suggestions. Support is great. Recommended!
Rok Lipnik on Product Hunt
I love the mailbox list! So much more alive than the stock Mail app.
Erik Karlberg on Product Hunt
I’m a sucker for little features like mail in my notch. Sick.
Aodhán Moran on Product Hunt
Clean and absolutely a must have.
Abishek Maker of WaitForIt
I have to give you props for your UI/UX. It’s really beautiful.
S*** T*** Found us on Reddit
I was skeptical… I am pleasantly surprised at the initial feel of this app.
A*** F*** Came from Sparrow and Mimestream
I just bought a lifetime license… and I am loving it so far. It is fast and snappy.
M*** Lifetime licence
The app is very nice and feels very polished.
M*** Designer
I love what you’re doing… keeping it light and focused.
P*** Switching from Spark
I’m very impressed so far.
S*** A*** Lifetime licence
Just found bytemail and it’s fantastic.
D*** bytemail user
Native
Built in Swift for macOS. No web wrapper, no bundled browser
Any inbox
Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, plus any IMAP server
Private
Your mail goes straight from your provider to your Mac. We never see it
On-device
Summaries and Rewrite run on your Mac, not in the cloud
New in 1.8

Mail in your notch. Your inbox on your desktop.

See what just landed without opening bytemail. Glance up at the notch or over at a widget, then get back to what you were doing.

The notch · MacBooks with a camera notch

New mail grows out of the notch

For a moment the notch swells open with the sender's picture and the subject, then tucks back in. Hover to keep it open. Click to read.

  • Codes with a Copy buttonA sign-in code shows on one line. Copy it and it goes.
  • A paper plane on SendWith Undo Send on, the time left counts down in the notch, Undo button included.
  • Eyes and alarmsTwo eyes peek out when someone reads your message. Snoozed mail comes back with a ringing alarm clock.
  • Drop to emailDrag files onto the notch and let go to start a new message with them attached.

Settings › Notch picks the accounts and senders that show, and switches each kind on or off.

Desktop widgets

Your inbox, right on the desktop

Three widgets for the desktop or Notification Center. Unread counts every inbox, Inbox lists your newest conversations, and Accounts shows each account's unread mail in its colour.

  • Click to openA conversation opens in bytemail. An account opens its inbox.
  • Always currentThey change the moment mail arrives or you read it, and match the Dock badge.
  • Small, medium or largeInbox comes in medium and large, Accounts in small and medium.
  • Readable on any wallpaperLight or dark, even with another app in front.

To add them, right-click the desktop, choose Edit Widgets and search for bytemail.

Clean by design

Every account.
One fast, native window.

Threads that read like a conversation

No walls of quoted replies. Each message is a clean bubble, newest at the bottom, with the reply field right underneath. Prefer classic email? Switch any account to Classic.

ChatClassic
Can you make Thursday 3pm instead?
Thursday works. Sending a new invite.
⌘↩ sent · 2:14 pm
Search that reaches back years

Press ⌘K and search every account at once: senders, subjects, message text, attachment names. Your Mac answers instantly, then your mail servers fill in older mail, back to the very first message. Newest first.

⌕invoice northwindesc
All accounts has:attachment
Elin · Print production quote…the invoice from Northwind is attached… Tue
Northwind Cloud · Invoice 0012Found on the server · Work 2021
Every account, one window

Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Microsoft 365, Yahoo, Fastmail or any IMAP server, in one unified inbox. Each account wears its own picture and colour, so you always know where a message came in, and keeps its own unread count.

Personaljonas@icloud.com 4
Workjonas@northwind.co 6
Studiohello@jonas.studio 2
Private without trying

Tracking pixels are blocked, links lose the tags that tell senders who clicked, and pictures from the web wait until you allow them, one message or one sender at a time. Your mail never touches our servers.

Northwind StoreAutumn sale starts today 2 trackers blocked
northwind.co/sale?utm_source=mail&mc_eid=8f2c…
Pictures from the web are hidden. Load Images ⇧⌘I
Dark when you are

Light, dark, or System, which follows your Mac and turns with it at sunset. Designed mail keeps its own light card either way, so a receipt or a newsletter still looks the way its sender built it.

Northwind StoreYour order has shipped
Northwind Store
Your order is on its way
Order #48213 · arriving Thursday
System Light Dark
New · Email MCP server

One MCP for every inbox.

Connect Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor or LM Studio and ask in plain words, across every account at once: find last week's invoices, sum up what's waiting on you, draft the replies, tidy the rest. It runs on your Mac, and nothing is sent until you say so — in bytemail.

See how it works →
Highlights

Know what needs you. Know what's fake.

All of it worked out on your Mac — none of your mail is sent anywhere to be read.

Codes, copied from the banner

When a sign-in code arrives, the notification shows it with a Copy Code button, so you never open the message. Magic sign-in links get Open Link, and a used code tidies itself into the archive.

Warnings before you click

bytemail checks who really sent a message, spots look-alike domains and brand impersonation, and asks before opening a link that goes somewhere other than it says. Report as Spam or Block Sender right from the warning.

To Reply

A smart mailbox of the conversations where someone is waiting on you — questions and requests, not newsletters or receipts. Answer from any device and it leaves the list.

Summaries, replies and Rewrite

On macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence, long threads get a short summary of what's asked of you, a few suggested replies, and Rewrite to shorten, soften or translate what you wrote. All of it runs on your Mac.

Take it back, keep them out, never lose a thread.

Undo Send

Every message waits a few seconds before it leaves — 5 to 30, or off. Press Undo or ⌘Z and the composer comes back with your text and attachments. Archive, trash and move can be undone too.

Tracking pixels, blocked

Tracking pixels are found and removed before a message is shown, even when you load images, and tracking codes are cleaned from the links you open.

One-click unsubscribe

An Unsubscribe button on every mailing list, using the standard one-click request where the sender supports it. Settings › Subscriptions lists every sender with a count, so the noisy ones are easy to spot.

Invitations you can answer

Calendar invites show as a card with the time in your zone, location and guests. Accept, Maybe or Decline replies to the organizer, and Add to Calendar puts it in Apple Calendar.

Remind me if no reply

Pick 1 day, 3 days, a week or a date when you send. If nobody answers by then, the conversation comes back to the top of your inbox. If they reply, the reminder quietly goes away.

Rules that run as mail arrives

Match on sender, subject, text, attachments or mailing list, then move, archive, mark read or trash. New mail is filed on the server before it reaches your inbox.

Everyday, done well

The little things, all there on day one.

Instant delivery New mail is pushed over IMAP IDLE the moment it lands, with native notifications and a Dock badge. A catch-up sync runs after sleep or a network change.
Snooze until it matters Send a conversation away until this evening, Friday or a date you pick. It comes back on top, unread, on any Mac signed into that account.
Send later Write now, deliver at the hour you choose. An optional background helper sends it and wakes snoozed mail even when bytemail is closed.
A composer that stays out of the way Bold, italic, lists and text sizes, attachments by drag and drop, drafts saved as you type — and mirrored to your account's Drafts folder so your phone sees them too.
Smart tabs All, Primary, Updates and Promos, sorted on your Mac, each with its own unread count — plus an unread-only switch for a calmer list.
A signature per account Work signs off one way, personal another. Optional on replies, and removable on any single message.
Real sender pictures Photos from your Mac's Contacts and brand icons from senders' own sites, with initials as the fallback.
Send from any of your addresses Add aliases to an account, each with its own signature and Reply-To. Replies go out from the address the mail was sent to.
The everyday essentials Reply All and Forward, flags, move to any folder by dragging, multi-select, templates, Quick Look for attachments, print to PDF, and mute or block.
Native, all the way down

Built in Swift, for the Mac, and nothing else.

bytemail is SwiftUI and AppKit from the first line. There's no browser engine bundled inside — far less to load and far less to keep in memory — so it launches quickly and scrolls smoothly. Notifications, the Keychain, the Dock badge and keyboard shortcuts are the system's own — it looks and behaves like it belongs on your Mac.

Language Swift
Interface SwiftUI + AppKit
Bundled browser engine None
Notifications & Dock badge macOS native
Credentials macOS Keychain
Languages 7, follows your Mac
Summaries & Rewrite On-device model
Private by architecture

We don't store your mail. We never even see it.

bytemail connects straight to Gmail, iCloud, Outlook or your IMAP server. Your messages, contacts and passwords never pass through us, and there are no analytics.

No bytemail server Your Mac connects to your mail provider directly. No relay, no sync service, no account with us.
Passwords in your Keychain Passwords and sign-in tokens stay in the macOS Keychain. They never reach us.
Processed on your Mac Search, categories, rules and phishing checks run locally. Summaries use Apple's on-device model unless you add your own AI key.
Trackers stripped Tracking pixels are removed, even when you load images. Links lose their tracking codes before they open.
AI apps only if you allow Claude, Cursor and other AI apps can't read your mail until you turn this on, and then only the accounts you pick.
Read receipts, off by default Turn them on and our server keeps a hashed code, the open time and a push token for 60 days. Never an address, subject or message.
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iPhone · Public beta

Take every inbox with you.

The bytemail you know from the Mac, rebuilt for touch. Try it now, before it reaches the App Store.

  • New mail, right awayA banner the moment mail lands, and another when someone reads yours.
  • Your Mac's accounts, already thereThey come across through iCloud, passwords too if you allow it.
  • Labels and tabs in syncChange them on one device and the other follows.
QR code for the bytemail TestFlight beta Scan with your iPhone
Join on TestFlight

Free during the beta · iOS 26 or later

Questions

Good to know

Which email accounts work?

Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Microsoft 365, Yahoo, Fastmail and any IMAP server, all in one inbox. Add as many as you like.

Do you store or read my mail?

No. bytemail talks straight to your mail provider from your Mac or iPhone. There's no bytemail server in between, so your messages, contacts and passwords never reach us. Passwords stay in your Keychain.

What do I need to run it?

A Mac with Apple silicon on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. bytemail for iPhone needs iOS 26.

Is there an iPhone app?

Yes. bytemail for iPhone is in public beta on TestFlight, and once it's out it comes with your licence at no extra cost.

How do I join the iPhone beta?

On your iPhone, install Apple's TestFlight app from the App Store, then open the beta link above and tap Accept and Install. TestFlight keeps the beta up to date and lets you send feedback with a screenshot.

Do I have to set my accounts up again on iPhone?

No. If bytemail on your Mac syncs through iCloud, the iPhone offers your Mac's accounts on first launch, with their passwords when you've turned on Include passwords on the Mac. You can also add an account by hand.

Do I get new-mail notifications on iPhone?

Yes. While bytemail is running on one of your Macs, new mail reaches your iPhone the moment it lands, and so do read receipts. The alert itself carries nothing about the message: your iPhone fetches the mail and writes the notification on the device.

Can I install it with Homebrew?

Yes: brew install --cask bytemail. It's the same app as the download from this site, with the same free trial and licence, and it updates itself.

How many devices does one licence cover?

Up to 5, Macs and iPhones alike. To move it to a new device, deactivate the old one in the app.

Do my labels and settings stay in sync?

Yes. Labels, tabs and preferences sync between your Macs and iPhone through your own iCloud, never through our servers.

Something isn't working. Who do I tell?

Write to hello@bytemailapp.com. On the iPhone beta, take a screenshot and share it with TestFlight. Every report is read.

Community

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Everything included

  • AI assistant with ChatGPT, Claude and more
  • MCP for Claude, Codex and other AI apps
  • bytemail for iPhone at no extra cost, coming soon
  • Up to 5 devices, Mac and iPhone

Then $39.90/year.Then $3.99/month. Cancel before day 7 and you pay nothing.

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