Email at the speed of thought.
A blazing-fast, keyboard-first desktop email client built with Tauri, React, and Rust.
Local-first. Privacy-focused. AI-powered.
Features • Getting Started • Shortcuts • Architecture • Development
Most email clients are slow, bloated, or send your data to someone else's server. Velo is different:
- Local-first -- Your emails live in a local SQLite database. No middleman servers. Read your mail offline.
- Keyboard-driven -- Superhuman-inspired shortcuts let you fly through your inbox without touching the mouse.
- AI-enhanced -- Summarize threads, generate replies, and search your inbox in natural language -- with your choice of AI provider.
- Native performance -- Rust backend via Tauri v2. Small binary, low memory, instant startup.
- Private by default -- Remote images blocked, HTML sanitized, emails rendered in sandboxed iframes. Your data stays on your machine.
- Multi-account support: Gmail (API) and IMAP/SMTP (Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Fastmail, and more) with instant switching
- Threaded conversations with collapsible messages
- Full-text search with Gmail-style operators (
from:,to:,subject:,has:attachment,label:, etc.) - Command palette (
/orCtrl+K) for quick actions - Drag-and-drop labels, multi-select, pin threads, mute threads, context menus
- Split inbox with category tabs (Primary, Updates, Promotions, Social, Newsletters)
- Inline reply, contact sidebar with Gravatar
- TipTap v3 rich text editor (bold, italic, lists, code, links, images)
- Undo send, schedule send, auto-save drafts
- Multiple signatures, reusable templates with variables
- Send-as email aliases with from-address selector
- Drag-and-drop attachments with inline preview
- Frequency-ranked contact autocomplete
- Snooze threads with presets or custom date/time
- Filters to auto-label, archive, trash, star, or mark read
- AI + rule-based auto-categorization (Primary, Updates, Promotions, Social, Newsletters)
- One-click unsubscribe (RFC 8058) and subscription manager
- Newsletter bundling with delivery schedules
- Smart folders / saved searches with dynamic query tokens
- Quick steps -- custom action chains for batch thread processing
- Follow-up reminders when you haven't received a reply
Three providers -- choose one or mix and match:
| Anthropic | OpenAI | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | GPT | Gemini |
Thread summaries, smart reply suggestions, AI compose & reply, text transform (improve/shorten/formalize), Ask My Inbox (natural language search). All results cached locally.
Google Calendar sync with month, week, and day views. Create events without leaving Velo.
- Glassmorphism with animated gradient background
- Dark / light / system theme with 8 accent color presets
- Flexible reading pane (right, bottom, hidden), resizable panels
- Configurable density and font scaling
- Pop-out thread windows, custom titlebar, splash screen
- System tray with taskbar badge count
- OAuth PKCE for Gmail -- no client secret, no backend servers
- Encrypted password/app-password storage for IMAP accounts (AES-256-GCM)
- Remote image blocking with per-sender allowlist
- Phishing link detection with 10 heuristic scoring rules
- SPF/DKIM/DMARC authentication display with badges and warnings
- DOMPurify + sandboxed iframe rendering
- AES-256-GCM encrypted token storage
mailto:deep links, global compose shortcut- Autostart (hidden in tray), single instance
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
git clone https://github.com/avihaymenahem/velo.git
cd velo
npm install
npm run tauri devPrerequisites: Node.js v18+, Rust, Tauri v2 deps
Gmail setup: Create OAuth credentials in Google Cloud Console (enable Gmail API + Calendar API), then enter your Client ID in Velo's Settings. No client secret needed (PKCE).
IMAP/SMTP setup: Click "Add IMAP Account" in the account switcher. Enter your email and password -- Velo auto-discovers server settings for popular providers (Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Fastmail, etc.). For other providers, enter IMAP/SMTP server details manually. No Google Cloud project needed.
AI setup (optional): Add an API key for Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google Gemini in Settings.
See Development Guide for all commands, testing, and build instructions.
| Framework | Tauri v2 (Rust) + React 19 + TypeScript |
| Styling | Tailwind CSS v4 |
| State | Zustand 5 (8 stores) |
| Editor | TipTap v3 |
| Gmail API, IMAP/SMTP (via async-imap + lettre in Rust) | |
| Database | SQLite + FTS5 (31 tables) |
| AI | Claude, GPT, Gemini |
| Testing | Vitest + Testing Library |
See Architecture for detailed design, data flow, and project structure.
npm run tauri buildWindows .msi / .exe • macOS .dmg / .app • Linux .deb / .AppImage
Built with Rust and React.
Made by Avihay.