FoldMail 路 macOS 路 iPadOS 路 iOS

Email, taken seriously.
Native and secure.

FoldMail is a native email client for people who take their inbox seriously: developers, scientists, journalists, administrators. Security is an architecture constraint, not an afterthought. No tracking, no third-party libraries, fully keyboard-operable.

500,000 mails / mailboxScale
8.5 ms 路 M-seriesCold start
0 librariesDependencies
No pixel, no beaconTracking
FoldMail 路 PosteingangKONTENPosteingang12Markiert3GesendetArchivyou@domain.devmaintainer09:40Re: PGP key rotationPGPci@build09:33[pass] pipeline #4821list@ietf09:26RFC 9580: OpenPGPsysadmin09:19IMAP IDLE timeoutRe: PGP key rotationmaintainer@oss.devSignatur g眉ltig 路 Ed25519Antworten鈱楻鈱楰from:maintainer has:attachment/rfc.95\d{2}/ 路 regex inlinebefore:2024-06 after:2023-01is:unread label:security
macOS 路 iPadOS 路 iOS
Swift 6 路 SwiftUIEigene IMAP/SMTP-EngineSQLite 路 FTS5Nur Apple-Frameworks
What sets FoldMail apart

Keyboard first. Protocol transparent.

Six building blocks for email without distraction, built for people who want to know what goes over the wire.

Command palette (鈱楰)

Everything you can do is reachable by typing. Search operators like from:, has:attachment, before:2024-06 and /regex/ inline, the same grammar in UI, CLI and filters.

Header inspector

Raw IMAP/SMTP trace at a keystroke, kept in a RAM ring buffer instead of on disk. For everyone who wants to follow what actually happens over the wire.

Progressive disclosure

A reply starts with the To field. Cc, Bcc, attachments and encryption appear only on a gesture or shortcut. What is visible has to earn its visibility.

S/MIME & OpenPGP

End-to-end encryption via Apple鈥檚 Security.framework and a modern OpenPGP subset (Ed25519, X25519). Fingerprints are shown, not hidden.

Scriptable mailbox

The fold CLI with git-style subcommands, a stable JSON schema and documented exit codes. Filters, shortcuts and widgets all speak the same language.

Zero-config discovery

Enter your address and FoldMail finds the servers itself, via a signed provider database, DNS and ISPDB. You see which servers will be used before the first connection.

Early access

Email is a tool, not an ad channel.

FoldMail is in active development for macOS, iPadOS and iOS. Request early access or follow the roadmap at foldmail.app.