bytemail 1.0: native Mac email where your mail never touches my servers, with one MCP for every inbox
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Hi r/macapps! I'm Serg, the developer of bytemail. It's a native Mac email app written in Swift and SwiftUI, and 1.0 is out. The video shows it in action.
Problem Every mail app I tried was either a web page in a wrapper, or it ran my mail through the developer's servers to power its "smart" features. And now that I use Claude and Codex every day, I wanted them to help with my email too, without handing my inbox to yet another cloud service. bytemail connects your Mac straight to Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, Fastmail, Proton (through Bridge) or any IMAP server. Search, rules, categories and summaries all run on your Mac. I don't have a server that can see your mail, and you don't need a bytemail account.
What it does:
Conversations read like Messages: each thread is a chat of bubbles, with quoted history and repeated signatures tucked away, so you only see what's new. Prefer the classic layout? Switch it per account.
One unified inbox for all your accounts
Copy sign-in codes straight from the notification
Phishing and look-alike domain warnings
Undo Send, Snooze, Send Later and "remind me if no reply"
Tracking pixels stripped from every message, plus one-click unsubscribe
Rules, smart categories (Primary / Updates / Promos), dark mode and Liquid Glass on macOS 26
Keyboard shortcut sets from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail or Superhuman, or make your own
Search covers the mail on your Mac and older mail still on the server
Accounts and settings sync between your Macs through your own iCloud, not through me
Thread summaries and suggested replies that learn your writing style: on-device with Apple Intelligence on macOS 26, or with your own Claude, OpenAI or OpenRouter key, or a local model in LM Studio or Ollama
New: one MCP for every inbox Turn on bytemail MCP in Settings > AI, pick which accounts to share, and connect Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, LM Studio or any other app that speaks MCP. Claude Desktop is one click. The others get a command or a config snippet to copy. Then just ask: "find last month's invoices across all my accounts", "draft replies to the customer emails I haven't answered", "archive this week's newsletters". It can search and read mail, find attachments and contacts, write drafts with files attached, create folders, and archive, move, flag, snooze or mute.
The guardrails:
It's off until you turn it on, and it only sees the accounts you pick
It runs on your Mac and talks to your AI app directly. Nothing goes through my servers (your AI app's provider still sees what you ask it to read, so pick one you trust, or use a local model)
Sending, new rules, unsubscribing and blocking a sender ask you in bytemail first. So does anything touching more than 25 conversations
AI apps can't delete mail, and never see Spam, Trash, one-time codes or password reset links
Drafts an AI writes are tagged "Drafted by" that app, and Settings > AI > Activity lets you undo anything it did
Comparison The two apps I get compared with most are Spark and Mimestream. Spark is free to start and packed with features, but its push notifications, team features and AI work by keeping access to your accounts on Readdle's servers. bytemail does all of that on your Mac, so no copy of your account access sits on anyone else's server, including mine. Mimestream is a great native app, but it's built for Gmail, so your iCloud or work Outlook account has to live somewhere else. bytemail feels just as native and puts every provider in one inbox, with the chat-style conversation view on top. And with the MCP, the AI app you already use can work across all of those accounts at once, not just one Gmail.
Pricing
7-day free trial with every feature, MCP included
$3.99/month or $39.90/year
Or a $49 one-time lifetime license (launch price, then $99)
One license covers 5 devices, and the iPhone app (in App Store review now)
https://reddit.com/link/1x52r49/video/eqqwdzi0r9vh1/player
Hi r/macapps! I'm Serg, the developer of bytemail. It's a native Mac email app written in Swift and SwiftUI, and 1.0 is out. The video shows it in action.
Problem Every mail app I tried was either a web page in a wrapper, or it ran my mail through the developer's servers to power its "smart" features. And now that I use Claude and Codex every day, I wanted them to help with my email too, without handing my inbox to yet another cloud service. bytemail connects your Mac straight to Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, Fastmail, Proton (through Bridge) or any IMAP server. Search, rules, categories and summaries all run on your Mac. I don't have a server that can see your mail, and you don't need a bytemail account.
What it does:
Conversations read like Messages: each thread is a chat of bubbles, with quoted history and repeated signatures tucked away, so you only see what's new. Prefer the classic layout? Switch it per account.
One unified inbox for all your accounts
Copy sign-in codes straight from the notification
Phishing and look-alike domain warnings
Undo Send, Snooze, Send Later and "remind me if no reply"
Tracking pixels stripped from every message, plus one-click unsubscribe
Rules, smart categories (Primary / Updates / Promos), dark mode and Liquid Glass on macOS 26
Keyboard shortcut sets from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail or Superhuman, or make your own
Search covers the mail on your Mac and older mail still on the server
Accounts and settings sync between your Macs through your own iCloud, not through me
Thread summaries and suggested replies that learn your writing style: on-device with Apple Intelligence on macOS 26, or with your own Claude, OpenAI or OpenRouter key, or a local model in LM Studio or Ollama
New: one MCP for every inbox Turn on bytemail MCP in Settings > AI, pick which accounts to share, and connect Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, LM Studio or any other app that speaks MCP. Claude Desktop is one click. The others get a command or a config snippet to copy. Then just ask: "find last month's invoices across all my accounts", "draft replies to the customer emails I haven't answered", "archive this week's newsletters". It can search and read mail, find attachments and contacts, write drafts with files attached, create folders, and archive, move, flag, snooze or mute.
The guardrails:
It's off until you turn it on, and it only sees the accounts you pick
It runs on your Mac and talks to your AI app directly. Nothing goes through my servers (your AI app's provider still sees what you ask it to read, so pick one you trust, or use a local model)
Sending, new rules, unsubscribing and blocking a sender ask you in bytemail first. So does anything touching more than 25 conversations
AI apps can't delete mail, and never see Spam, Trash, one-time codes or password reset links
Drafts an AI writes are tagged "Drafted by" that app, and Settings > AI > Activity lets you undo anything it did
Comparison The two apps I get compared with most are Spark and Mimestream. Spark is free to start and packed with features, but its push notifications, team features and AI work by keeping access to your accounts on Readdle's servers. bytemail does all of that on your Mac, so no copy of your account access sits on anyone else's server, including mine. Mimestream is a great native app, but it's built for Gmail, so your iCloud or work Outlook account has to live somewhere else. bytemail feels just as native and puts every provider in one inbox, with the chat-style conversation view on top. And with the MCP, the AI app you already use can work across all of those accounts at once, not just one Gmail.
Pricing
7-day free trial with every feature, MCP included
$3.99/month or $39.90/year
Or a $49 one-time lifetime license (launch price, then $99)
One license covers 5 devices, and the iPhone app (in App Store review now)
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bytemail 1.0: native Mac email where your mail never touches my servers, with one MCP for every inbox
https://reddit.com/link/1x52r49/video/eqqwdzi0r9vh1/player
Hi r/macapps! I'm Serg, the developer of bytemail. It's a native Mac email app written in Swift and SwiftUI, and 1.0 is out. The video shows it in action.
**Problem** Every mail app I tried was either a web page in a wrapper, or it ran my mail through the developer's servers to power its "smart" features. And now that I use Claude and Codex every day, I wanted them to help with my email too, without handing my inbox to yet another cloud service. bytemail connects your Mac straight to Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, Fastmail, Proton (through Bridge) or any IMAP server. Search, rules, categories and summaries all run on your Mac. I don't have a server that can see your mail, and you don't need a bytemail account.
What it does:
* Conversations read like Messages: each thread is a chat of bubbles, with quoted history and repeated signatures tucked away, so you only see what's new. Prefer the classic layout? Switch it per account.
* One unified inbox for all your accounts
* Copy sign-in codes straight from the notification
* Phishing and look-alike domain warnings
* Undo Send, Snooze, Send Later and "remind me if no reply"
* Tracking pixels stripped from every message, plus one-click unsubscribe
* Rules, smart categories (Primary / Updates / Promos), dark mode and Liquid Glass on macOS 26
* Keyboard shortcut sets from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail or Superhuman, or make your own
* Search covers the mail on your Mac and older mail still on the server
* Accounts and settings sync between your Macs through your own iCloud, not through me
* Thread summaries and suggested replies that learn your writing style: on-device with Apple Intelligence on macOS 26, or with your own Claude, OpenAI or OpenRouter key, or a local model in LM Studio or Ollama
**New: one MCP for every inbox** Turn on bytemail MCP in Settings > AI, pick which accounts to share, and connect Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, LM Studio or any other app that speaks MCP. Claude Desktop is one click. The others get a command or a config snippet to copy. Then just ask: "find last month's invoices across all my accounts", "draft replies to the customer emails I haven't answered", "archive this week's newsletters". It can search and read mail, find attachments and contacts, write drafts with files attached, create folders, and archive, move, flag, snooze or mute.
The guardrails:
* It's off until you turn it on, and it only sees the accounts you pick
* It runs on your Mac and talks to your AI app directly. Nothing goes through my servers (your AI app's provider still sees what you ask it to read, so pick one you trust, or use a local model)
* Sending, new rules, unsubscribing and blocking a sender ask you in bytemail first. So does anything touching more than 25 conversations
* AI apps can't delete mail, and never see Spam, Trash, one-time codes or password reset links
* Drafts an AI writes are tagged "Drafted by" that app, and Settings > AI > Activity lets you undo anything it did
**Comparison** The two apps I get compared with most are Spark and Mimestream. Spark is free to start and packed with features, but its push notifications, team features and AI work by keeping access to your accounts on Readdle's servers. bytemail does all of that on your Mac, so no copy of your account access sits on anyone else's server, including mine. Mimestream is a great native app, but it's built for Gmail, so your iCloud or work Outlook account has to live somewhere else. bytemail feels just as native and puts every provider in one inbox, with the chat-style conversation view on top. And with the MCP, the AI app you already use can work across all of those accounts at once, not just one Gmail.
**Pricing**
* 7-day free trial with every feature, MCP included
* $3.99/month or $39.90/year
* Or a $49 one-time lifetime license (launch price, then $99)
* One license covers 5 devices, and the iPhone app (in App Store review now)
https://reddit.com/link/1x52r49/video/eqqwdzi0r9vh1/player
Hi r/macapps! I'm Serg, the developer of bytemail. It's a native Mac email app written in Swift and SwiftUI, and 1.0 is out. The video shows it in action.
**Problem** Every mail app I tried was either a web page in a wrapper, or it ran my mail through the developer's servers to power its "smart" features. And now that I use Claude and Codex every day, I wanted them to help with my email too, without handing my inbox to yet another cloud service. bytemail connects your Mac straight to Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, Fastmail, Proton (through Bridge) or any IMAP server. Search, rules, categories and summaries all run on your Mac. I don't have a server that can see your mail, and you don't need a bytemail account.
What it does:
* Conversations read like Messages: each thread is a chat of bubbles, with quoted history and repeated signatures tucked away, so you only see what's new. Prefer the classic layout? Switch it per account.
* One unified inbox for all your accounts
* Copy sign-in codes straight from the notification
* Phishing and look-alike domain warnings
* Undo Send, Snooze, Send Later and "remind me if no reply"
* Tracking pixels stripped from every message, plus one-click unsubscribe
* Rules, smart categories (Primary / Updates / Promos), dark mode and Liquid Glass on macOS 26
* Keyboard shortcut sets from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail or Superhuman, or make your own
* Search covers the mail on your Mac and older mail still on the server
* Accounts and settings sync between your Macs through your own iCloud, not through me
* Thread summaries and suggested replies that learn your writing style: on-device with Apple Intelligence on macOS 26, or with your own Claude, OpenAI or OpenRouter key, or a local model in LM Studio or Ollama
**New: one MCP for every inbox** Turn on bytemail MCP in Settings > AI, pick which accounts to share, and connect Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, LM Studio or any other app that speaks MCP. Claude Desktop is one click. The others get a command or a config snippet to copy. Then just ask: "find last month's invoices across all my accounts", "draft replies to the customer emails I haven't answered", "archive this week's newsletters". It can search and read mail, find attachments and contacts, write drafts with files attached, create folders, and archive, move, flag, snooze or mute.
The guardrails:
* It's off until you turn it on, and it only sees the accounts you pick
* It runs on your Mac and talks to your AI app directly. Nothing goes through my servers (your AI app's provider still sees what you ask it to read, so pick one you trust, or use a local model)
* Sending, new rules, unsubscribing and blocking a sender ask you in bytemail first. So does anything touching more than 25 conversations
* AI apps can't delete mail, and never see Spam, Trash, one-time codes or password reset links
* Drafts an AI writes are tagged "Drafted by" that app, and Settings > AI > Activity lets you undo anything it did
**Comparison** The two apps I get compared with most are Spark and Mimestream. Spark is free to start and packed with features, but its push notifications, team features and AI work by keeping access to your accounts on Readdle's servers. bytemail does all of that on your Mac, so no copy of your account access sits on anyone else's server, including mine. Mimestream is a great native app, but it's built for Gmail, so your iCloud or work Outlook account has to live somewhere else. bytemail feels just as native and puts every provider in one inbox, with the chat-style conversation view on top. And with the MCP, the AI app you already use can work across all of those accounts at once, not just one Gmail.
**Pricing**
* 7-day free trial with every feature, MCP included
* $3.99/month or $39.90/year
* Or a $49 one-time lifetime license (launch price, then $99)
* One license covers 5 devices, and the iPhone app (in App Store review now)
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is included
* Website: [https://bytemailapp.com](https://bytemailapp.com)
**Transparency** I'm Sergey Karakhanyan, a solo indie developer, and bytemail is my full-time project. The app is signed with my Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
* X: [https://x.com/karakhanyanS](https://x.com/karakhanyanS)
* Contact: [hello@bytemailapp.com](mailto:hello@bytemailapp.com)
* Privacy Policy: [https://bytemailapp.com/privacy-policy](https://bytemailapp.com/privacy-policy)
* Terms of Service: [https://bytemailapp.com/terms](https://bytemailapp.com/terms)
* What leaves your Mac and why, in plain English: [https://bytemailapp.com/privacy](https://bytemailapp.com/privacy)
* Public roadmap: [https://bytemailapp.com/roadmap](https://bytemailapp.com/roadmap)
macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon. I'm here all day for questions and feedback, including feature requests and the brutal kind.
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* Website: [https://bytemailapp.com](https://bytemailapp.com)
**Transparency** I'm Sergey Karakhanyan, a solo indie developer, and bytemail is my full-time project. The app is signed with my Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
* X: [https://x.com/karakhanyanS](https://x.com/karakhanyanS)
* Contact: [hello@bytemailapp.com](mailto:hello@bytemailapp.com)
* Privacy Policy: [https://bytemailapp.com/privacy-policy](https://bytemailapp.com/privacy-policy)
* Terms of Service: [https://bytemailapp.com/terms](https://bytemailapp.com/terms)
* What leaves your Mac and why, in plain English: [https://bytemailapp.com/privacy](https://bytemailapp.com/privacy)
* Public roadmap: [https://bytemailapp.com/roadmap](https://bytemailapp.com/roadmap)
macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon. I'm here all day for questions and feedback, including feature requests and the brutal kind.
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bytemail
Fast, native email for Mac · bytemail
bytemail is a fast, native email app for macOS. Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo and IMAP in one clean window, with read receipts, in English, Armenian, Dutch, French, German, Russian and Spanish.
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Ethical dilemma with Vibe Coding
Many of you probably know about the "Reverse Engineer Anything" GitHub repo. It got me into vibe coding — first a small chore chart app for my girlfriend and me, then something more ambitious.
I've been on the 60-day Soulver trial and love it, but 69€ is very steep as a student. So I had Claude Opus build me a Soulver-like app, and honestly it works surprisingly well.
Here's the thing though — the more I used it, the more guilty I felt. There's a real developer who's poured hundreds of hours into Soulver, and I essentially bypassed paying for their work.
I have no problem with the whole Adobe or Microsoft suite being copied, but it feels different when it is about real passionate and talented developers.
What do you guys think about the ethics of this?
(Also reclaimer that I used AI to make the text more concise, since I am not a native English speaker)
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Many of you probably know about the "Reverse Engineer Anything" GitHub repo. It got me into vibe coding — first a small chore chart app for my girlfriend and me, then something more ambitious.
I've been on the 60-day Soulver trial and love it, but 69€ is very steep as a student. So I had Claude Opus build me a Soulver-like app, and honestly it works surprisingly well.
Here's the thing though — the more I used it, the more guilty I felt. There's a real developer who's poured hundreds of hours into Soulver, and I essentially bypassed paying for their work.
I have no problem with the whole Adobe or Microsoft suite being copied, but it feels different when it is about real passionate and talented developers.
What do you guys think about the ethics of this?
(Also reclaimer that I used AI to make the text more concise, since I am not a native English speaker)
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Soulver — Notepad, meet calculator
A natural-language notepad calculator for Mac, iPad & iPhone. One-time purchase, 60-day free trial.
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I built WallpaperPortal to automate and organize static wallpapers across multiple displays
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Hi r/macapps, I’m the developer of WallpaperPortal.
I built it for Mac users who like changing their desktop wallpaper from time to time, but want the process to require less manual work while retaining control over their own collection.
Problem
The wallpaper controls built into macOS are adequate for choosing images, but managing a growing collection becomes awkward, especially with multiple displays or wallpapers intended for different times of day.
WallpaperPortal organizes wallpapers into a dedicated library with favorites and albums. It can also download Bing’s daily wallpapers automatically, so new images arrive without repeatedly searching different websites. These downloads become part of the same library and can be organized or used in automation just like imported images.
Each display can be managed independently, and wallpapers can change according to a schedule. For example, you can use one collection in the morning, another during work hours and something darker in the evening.
Comparison
Compared with the wallpaper controls built into macOS, WallpaperPortal adds library organization, reusable templates, time-based automation and independent workflows for multiple displays.
Irvue is a good option if you mainly want Unsplash images rotated at fixed intervals. WallpaperPortal combines automatic Bing downloads with management of your own wallpaper collection, while providing more control over what appears on each display and when.
This is for static wallpapers. It is not a live or video wallpaper app.
Pricing
WallpaperPortal is a one-time purchase with no subscription
Current US price: $4.99
Mac App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wallpaperportal/id1660157873
I’d be interested to hear how you currently change your Mac wallpaper—manually when you feel like it, at regular intervals, or at particular times of day.
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Hi r/macapps, I’m the developer of WallpaperPortal.
I built it for Mac users who like changing their desktop wallpaper from time to time, but want the process to require less manual work while retaining control over their own collection.
Problem
The wallpaper controls built into macOS are adequate for choosing images, but managing a growing collection becomes awkward, especially with multiple displays or wallpapers intended for different times of day.
WallpaperPortal organizes wallpapers into a dedicated library with favorites and albums. It can also download Bing’s daily wallpapers automatically, so new images arrive without repeatedly searching different websites. These downloads become part of the same library and can be organized or used in automation just like imported images.
Each display can be managed independently, and wallpapers can change according to a schedule. For example, you can use one collection in the morning, another during work hours and something darker in the evening.
Comparison
Compared with the wallpaper controls built into macOS, WallpaperPortal adds library organization, reusable templates, time-based automation and independent workflows for multiple displays.
Irvue is a good option if you mainly want Unsplash images rotated at fixed intervals. WallpaperPortal combines automatic Bing downloads with management of your own wallpaper collection, while providing more control over what appears on each display and when.
This is for static wallpapers. It is not a live or video wallpaper app.
Pricing
WallpaperPortal is a one-time purchase with no subscription
Current US price: $4.99
Mac App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wallpaperportal/id1660157873
I’d be interested to hear how you currently change your Mac wallpaper—manually when you feel like it, at regular intervals, or at particular times of day.
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