MailRovers
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The facts
Each one read from MailRovers's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI data handling
- The app sends only messages needed for the requested AI operation, and AI cannot send mail or perform mailbox actions automatically.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI features
- It can summarize conversations and stream AI-assisted reply suggestions for user review.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI privacy
- The AI receives only the messages needed for a requested operation and cannot send mail or perform mailbox actions automatically.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI provider
- Users provide an OpenAI-compatible API base URL, model identifier, and API key.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Availability
- The project says MailRovers is alpha software, targets macOS, must be built from source, and is not ready for a primary or business-critical inbox.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Credential security
- Gmail refresh tokens and AI API keys are encrypted with Electron safeStorage before SQLite persistence and are kept out of the renderer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data storage
- Mail data and application data are stored locally, with a local SQLite database managing mail data, drafts, and AI artifacts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The project says it has no signed, notarized, or automatically updating public release.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Email content security
- Email HTML is treated as untrusted content in a sandboxed frame that blocks scripts and navigation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Email HTML
- Email HTML is treated as untrusted content in a sandboxed frame that blocks scripts and navigation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Gmail is its sole mail provider, and the app connects directly to Gmail without a MailRovers-hosted application server.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- MailRovers is available under the MIT License.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local architecture
- The first release has no MailRovers-hosted API, application server, account service, database server, webhook receiver, or cloud worker.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local storage
- Mail data and application data are stored locally using SQLite, and synchronization runs while the desktop app is open.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mailbox features
- It supports Gmail synchronization, cached labels and conversations, SQLite full-text search, offline reading, composing, replying, local drafts, sending, and mailbox change reconciliation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mail workflows
- It supports browsing cached labels and conversations, offline reading, search, composing, replying, local drafts, sending, and mailbox changes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- Windows, Linux, and non-Gmail providers are unsupported, and synchronization runs only while the app is open.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Product
- MailRovers is an open-source, local-first desktop email client for Gmail.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Status
- The project describes MailRovers as alpha software that must be built from source and is not ready for a primary or business-critical inbox.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Synchronization limit
- Synchronization runs only while the desktop app is open.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App coverage
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Platform and distribution
- The project currently targets macOS and has no signed, notarized, or automatically updating public release.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The README identifies MailRovers as a project from Rinhelp, described there as an AI support tool.checked 12 Oct 2026
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