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Email, light as air.

Alice is a lightweight email client for Mac, Windows and Linux. Free, open source, and private by design.

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What's left is your mail.

A quiet inbox, a reader that gets out of the way, and every action one key away. Gmail, Outlook and IMAP accounts side by side.

Alice's inbox: folders on the left, a list of conversations, and an email from Sophie Chen open in the reader.

Light enough to float.

8 MB

The entire Alice download for Apple silicon Macs. Many desktop email apps ship a whole browser inside; Alice uses the one your system already has.

Less to download.: Alice uses the browser your system already has. Its Rust mail engine and native Tauri app keep the download small.
One inbox, everywhere.: Read or draft in the app or terminal; both stay in sync through one small service on your computer.
Mail you can keep.: Your local mail lives in one SQLite database, ready to back up or delete.

Through the looking glass.

Read, reply or archive in your terminal, and pick up where you left off in the app. Both share the same mail and drafts.

 ✳ alice  /  Inbox   1–13 of 13  ·  3 unread                                                                                               2 accounts
  Inbox   Starred   Drafts   Sent   Archive   Trash 
 ╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
 │▎   Sophie Chen                                  ★ 14:37 ││                                                                                       │
 │▎   A little room for big ideas                          ││  A little room for big ideas                                                          │
 │▎   Hey Alex, I've been thinking about our conversation… ││                                                                                       │
 │                                                         ││  From          Sophie Chen <sophie@form.studio>                                       │
 │    Maya Patel                                     14:15 ││  To            alex@form.studio                                                       │
 │    Invitation: Identity review — Studio North × Form @… ││  Date          Mon, Oct 12 2026 · 14:37                                               │
 │    Hi Alex, Before we share the identity directions wi… ││                                                                                       │
 │                                                         ││  ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  │
 │  ● Oliver Park                                    13:54 ││                                                                                       │
 │    The website is ready for a first look                ││  Hey Alex,                                                                            │
 │    Hi Alex, The first version of the website is ready.… ││                                                                                       │
 │                                                         ││  I've been thinking about our conversation yesterday. What if we gave the new         │
 │  ● Maya Williams                                ★ 13:11 ││  collection a little more room to breathe? Less noise, more intention.                │
 │    Sunday, somewhere outside?                           ││                                                                                       │
 │    Hey you, The forecast looks lovely for Sunday. Coff… ││  I put together a few directions for the studio identity. The first explores softer   │
 │                                                         ││  shapes and a warmer palette; the second is a little more unexpected.                 │
 │    Linear                                         12:28 ││                                                                                       │
 │    Your weekly workspace, in perspective                ││  Would love your thoughts before we share these with the team on Thursday. No rush —  │
 │    Your team completed 12 issues this week. The studio… ││  good ideas need a little space.                                                      │
 │                                                         ││                                                                                       │
 │    Daniel Foster                                  11:45 ││  Talk soon,                                                                           │
 │    Re: Studio notes — October                           ││  Sophie                                                                               │
 │    Thanks Alex, This feels right. Let's go with the qu… ││                                                                                       │
 │                                                         ││                                                                                       │
 │    Are.na                                         11:02 ││                                                                                       │
 │    A few things worth keeping                           ││                                                                                       │
 │    This week's collection: small rituals, independent … ││                                                                                       │
 │                                                         ││                                                                                       │
 │  ● Emma Laurent                                   10:19 ││                                                                                       │
 │    An invitation to collaborate                         ││                                                                                       │
 │    Hello Alex, We've been following your studio's work… ││                                                                                       │
 │                                                         ││                                                                                       │
 │    Noah Kim                                        9:36 ││                                                                                       │
 │    That book I was telling you about                    ││                                                                                       │
 │    Found it! The one about noticing the things we usua… ││                                                                                       │
 │                                                         ││                                                                                       │
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  j/k  move   ↵  mark read   r  reply   c  compose   /  search   g  folder   s  star   a  archive   d  trash   u  unread   S  sync   ?  all keys

Desktop and terminal. Drag the divider, or use the arrow keys, to compare.

$ alice list --unread --json Your unread mail, ready for scripts
$ alice reply demo-1 --body "Let's explore the softer direction." Drafts a reply; sending stays explicit
$ alice archive demo-2 Archived here, archived in the app

Appears when asked. Vanishes when not.

Ask Alice summarizes a thread, drafts a reply, or finds what needs you. Bring your own key, or run a model on your own machine.

OpenAI
Anthropic
Ollama and other local models

Alice sends only what your question needs, straight to the provider you chose. It shows its plan before anything changes, and it can never send or delete mail.

SCSophie Chen
A little room for big ideas

I’ve been thinking about our conversation yesterday. What if we gave the new collection a little more room to breathe? Less noise, more intention.

Ask Alice

Sophie wants the new collection to feel calmer and has two directions for the studio identity: one soft and warm, one more unexpected. She’d like your thoughts before Thursday’s review.

A first draft

Hi Sophie, I love the idea of more room to breathe. The softer direction feels right; could we bring one unexpected detail from the second into it?

Little things, handled.

Answer invitations in the email.

Accept, Maybe or Decline sends a standard calendar reply to the organizer, whichever provider they use.

An invitation card in Alice for an identity review on Thursday 15 October, with Accept, Maybe and Decline buttons.

Every action has a key.

j and k move, e archives, r replies. Press ? for the rest.

Search that forgives typos.

A misspelled name still finds its mail, and from:, has:attachment or after:7d narrow it down.

Trackers wait outside.

Remote images stay blocked until you allow them, so senders can’t see when you read.

Gmail
Outlook
iCloud
Any IMAP

Every account, one inbox.

Gmail and Outlook sign in through your browser. iCloud, Fastmail or your own server connect over IMAP.

There is no Alice server.

Alice talks to your mail provider directly over encrypted IMAP and SMTP. Nobody in between reads, stores or indexes your mail.

Passwords stay in your keychain. macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager or Secret Service.
Your mail stays on your device. A local copy, in a database you can back up or delete.
Every line is public. Read it, build it, fork it. GNU AGPL v3.

Curious? It’s free.

Free and open source under the GNU AGPL v3. No account to create, no subscription, nothing to sign up for.

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Installer links aren’t available here yet. You can build Alice from source, or check GitHub releases.

Alice runs on macOS, Windows and Linux. Build and terminal instructions.

Questions, answered.

Is Alice free?

Yes. Alice is free and open source under the GNU AGPL v3. There is no account to create and no subscription.

Which email accounts work with Alice?

Gmail and Outlook sign in through your browser. Any other provider that offers IMAP and SMTP works too, including iCloud, Fastmail and your own mail server.

Does Alice keep my email on a server?

No. There is no Alice server. Alice talks directly to your mail provider and keeps a copy of your mail in a database on your device. Passwords and sign-in tokens are stored in your system keychain.

How does the AI in Alice work?

It is optional and uses your own API key with OpenAI, Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible service, including models running on your own machine. Alice sends only the message you ask about, or your newest 20 inbox messages for questions about the inbox, straight to the provider you chose.

Can I use Alice from the terminal?

Yes. The alice command opens a full terminal app, and commands such as alice list --json make your mail scriptable. The terminal and desktop apps share one local service, so they always show the same mail and drafts.

Which platforms does Alice run on?

macOS, Windows and Linux. Android and iOS are planned.