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godwit

Open-source, AI-native desktop email client for macOS, Windows and Linux. Your mail stays yours: data is masked locally before any model sees it.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

godwit is an email client, available on Windows, macOS and Linux. Other documented uses: AI chat.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: choice of several models and providers, attachments.

Services and protocols mentioned: IMAP and SMTP.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Godwit is an open-source desktop email client for any IMAP/SMTP account, with an AI assistant, Wit, that reads, summarizes, translates and drafts mail with the model you choose.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Your mail stays yours: data is masked locally before any model sees it.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Godwit is an open-source desktop email client for any IMAP/SMTP account, with an AI assistant, Wit, that reads, summarizes, translates and drafts mail with the model you choose.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Answers questions about your mail, reads attachments (PDF, Office, CSV) and drafts replies.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of godwit is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 10 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub godwit-email/godwit (Apache-2.0)

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