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Emails never leave your Mac

Your morning email briefing. No cloud.

Mailgist reads your mailboxes, and a model on the same computer sorts your threads: who’s waiting on you, what you’re waiting on, which deadlines and amounts. Every deadline is backed by a quote from the email.

Download for Mac How it works

Mac with Apple Silicon · 8 GB of memory or more · macOS 14 or later · free

There’s also a trial version for Windows.

Mailgist, the “Today” screen: eight items waiting for a reply, an overdue invoice, a contract due in two days
One page instead of an inbox

All your email in five sections

Instead of a hundred unread emails, a short list of what really needs you. The rest hasn’t gone anywhere — it just stays out of your way.

Waiting on me

Someone asked you a question, sent a contract, or needs a decision.

Waiting on others

You asked and are waiting for an answer. You can see who’s silent and for how many days.

Deadlines & money

Dates, deadlines, invoices, and amounts — with a quote showing where they came from.

FYI

Worth knowing, but no reply needed: policies, summaries, news.

Background

Newsletters, notifications, receipts. Stacked up out of the way.

How it works

Three steps, and your morning starts with what matters

  1. Connect your mail

    Gmail, iCloud, and Yandex — with an app password. Work email already set up in the “Mail” app on your Mac — Mailgist reads it from there, no passwords.

  2. The model analyzes on the spot

    The language model runs through free Ollama right on your Mac. You don’t need to install it separately: setup installs it with one button and downloads the model — just once.

  3. Open your briefing

    New emails are analyzed on their own throughout the day. In the morning you get one page: what needs a reply, what’s urgent, and what you can safely skip.

What it looks like

A calm interface that doesn’t fight your mail

Light and dark themes follow your system. Keyboard shortcuts for everything you do every day.

“Deadlines & money” section: an overdue invoice for €1,250 and a contract for €48,000, with quotes from the emails
Deadlines & money. What’s overdue, what’s due this week, what’s later — and the quote each deadline is based on.
Thread card: what to do, the deadline, the amount, and the “Open in Mail”, “Done”, and “Tomorrow” buttons
The gist of a thread. What’s needed from you, by when, and for how much. Reply with one button in your Mail app.
Privacy

Your email stays with you

There’s no need to hand your email to someone else’s servers so that someone can “smartly sort” it. Mailgist is built so there’s no one to hand it to: the emails, the model, and the analysis results all live on your Mac.

Everywhere the app connects to the network — the full list:
  • your mail servers, to fetch emails;
  • Ollama on this same computer — it doesn’t go to the internet during analysis;
  • mailgist.app — account sign-in, an account check every 15 minutes, technical events (unless you turned them off), and checking for a new version.
Details are in the privacy policy.
  • No cloud for your email. There’s no server of ours that your email passes through. A Mailgist account holds only your sign-in address and a list of your Mac.
  • Read-only. Mailgist doesn’t send, delete, or move emails, and doesn’t mark them as read.
  • Technical events only. Version, setup steps, error codes, and analysis speed — no emails, addresses, or subjects. Turn it off with one switch. There are no trackers on this website.
  • Passwords are encrypted. The key is stored in the macOS Keychain.
  • Images in emails aren’t loaded. The sender can’t tell you opened the email.
Features

Built for people with a lot of email

Backed by a quote

Every deadline and every amount comes with the phrase from the email where it’s mentioned. The model can’t “invent” a deadline.

All mailboxes in one place

Personal and work mailboxes side by side. Groups, colors, and a check schedule of its own for each.

Threads, not emails

Replies are gathered into a thread, so you can see whose turn it is: yours or theirs.

Fast search

Search across all your mail in ⌘K — from a local database, with no network requests.

Shortcuts for everything

j and k move between rows, Enter opens, o opens in Mail. The “Done” and “Tomorrow” marks take a single tap.

Honest updates

The app checks for new versions and asks before installing. Every build is signed and notarized by Apple.

What you need

Requirements

The model runs on your computer, so it needs memory. The more there is, the faster and more accurate the analysis.

Computer
Mac with Apple SiliconM1 or later
Memory
8 GB or morethe more, the more accurate
System
macOS 14 Sonomaor later
Disk space
5–25 GBfor the engine and model, one time
FAQ

The short version

How much does it cost?

Free for now — payments are not enabled yet. Free gives you every feature on one mailbox, Pro — on any number of mailboxes. Pricing

Are my emails sent anywhere?

No. Emails are fetched from your mail servers straight to your Mac, and a model on the same computer analyzes them. Mailgist has no server that your email passes through.

Can Mailgist delete anything or send email on my behalf?

No. The app is read-only: it doesn’t send, delete, or move emails, and doesn’t even mark them as read. You can reply with the “Open in Mail” button — you write the email yourself, in your own mail app.

Which email providers are supported?

Gmail and Google Workspace, iCloud, Yandex — directly. Any email account already set up in the “Mail” app on your Mac (for example, a work one) — through “Mail”.

All questions and answers →

Start your morning with what matters, not your inbox

Version 0.10.0 · signed and notarized by Apple

Download for Mac

Mac with Apple Silicon · 8 GB of memory or more · macOS 14 or later · free