Godwit
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An open-source, AI-nativeemail client you can extend

Works with any IMAP/SMTP account. Its assistant, Wit, reads, summarizes, translates and drafts mail with the model you choose. For macOS, Windows and Linux.

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Q4-Partnerschaftsvorschlag

LLena Fischer <lena@partner.example>To me · Yesterday 21:03
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  • Lena sent a draft Q4 partnership proposal (PDF attached).
  • Highlights: a joint launch in November and a co-hosted webinar.
  • She needs your answer on the timeline by Friday.

Hallo,

im Anschluss an unser Gespräch letzte Woche habe ich einen Entwurf für den Q4-Partnerschaftsvorschlag zusammengestellt. Die Eckpunkte sind ein gemeinsamer Launch im November und ein gemeinsames Webinar.

Könnten Sie bis Freitag einen Blick darauf werfen und mir sagen, ob der Zeitplan für Ihr Team passt?

Viele Grüße, Lena

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An email client, and an assistant that knows your mail

Mail

IMAP/SMTP sync, offline changes, conversations, full-text search and HTML compose. Setup is detected for Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, QQ Mail, 163/126, Lark/Feishu, DingTalk and more.

Wit

Answers questions about your mail, reads attachments (PDF, Office, CSV) and drafts replies. It never sends without your approval.

AI actions

Summarize, translate, adjust tone and length, and quick replies, on a message, a selection or a draft.

Your models

Any OpenAI-compatible (Chat Completions or Responses) or Anthropic-compatible service, including local ones like Ollama and LM Studio. API keys stay in the system keychain.

Extensions

Drop in a SKILL.md and a button appears. TypeScript plugins with declared permissions add cards, actions and Wit tools; MCP servers give Wit external tools. The built-in AI features use the same extension points.

For other agents

godwit mcp is an MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor and other agents read your mail and create drafts, but never send.

Your mail goes only where you let it

No Godwit account, no telemetry, no server relaying your mail. Below is every connection Godwit makes.

Your mail stays on this computer

Synced mail, drafts and the search index live in the data directory on this computer.

Passwords live only in the system keychain

Never written to config files, never shown in logs.

Network connections
  • Your mail serverimap.gmail.com · smtp.gmail.comSends and receives your mail, directly, with nothing in between.
  • Your modelapi.openai.com, or the address you enterOnly what you ask the AI to work on, sent to the provider you chose.
  • Plugins and MCPOnly hosts you approvedA plugin reaches only the hosts it declared and you approved; every MCP write asks you first.
  • Remote imagesThe sender's serverBlocked by default, loaded only when you click Load images.
  • Update checksdl.godwit.emailDownloads new versions; uploads nothing.
  • Godwit's serversNoneYour mail, passwords and chats never reach us.

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Once installed, Godwit checks for updates and installs them itself.

Latest version v1.22.0, released November 1, 2026 · Release notes

macOS

Disk image, macOS 12 or later.

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Windows

The Store installs and updates it for you; the standalone installer is for the current user, without admin rights.

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Linux

Debian / Ubuntu package.

Download for Linux
With Homebrew
brew install godwit-email/tap/godwit
For the current user, no root
curl -fsSL https://dl.godwit.email/install.sh | sh