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Northmail

The mail program Outlook should have become

Three panes, dense rows, keyboard shortcuts you already know, and every account as an equal: Workspace, Exchange and Gmail side by side. Free, without ads, with an assistant that runs on your own computer and never sends a word out.

The Northmail mail window: profiles on the left, all folders of several accounts, the message list and the day calendar on the right

What makes it different

AI that never leaves your computer

The assistant runs locally, with an open model you download once. Rewrite a selection in another tone or language, turn a few keywords into a draft, get reply suggestions. No mail, prompt or index ever goes to a cloud, and nothing is sent without you seeing it first.

Classic Outlook, 2026 edition

Folder tree per account, message list and reading pane, reading pane where you want it, the shortcuts you remember. Dense by default, so a whole day fits on one screen.

Every account is a peer

Binadit Workspace, on-premises Exchange and Gmail in one window, each with its own folders, calendar and contacts. No primary account, no compromise.

Move anything anywhere

Drag a folder of five thousand messages from Exchange into Workspace and it arrives complete, with dates, flags and attachments intact. The transfer resumes after a lost connection and reports what it did.

Offline first

Your mail, calendars and contacts are stored on your computer for the sync window you choose. Search, read, write and organise on the train; it syncs when you are back.

Finds your settings itself

Type your address and Northmail finds the server. Passwords go into the system keychain, updates are signed and come from binadit.work.

Under the hood

Core
Rust: the store, sync and transfer engine; the interface runs in a native window
Protocols
JMAP for Workspace, IMAP and SMTP, Exchange Web Services for on-premises Exchange, Gmail
AI
Local llama.cpp runtime with Gemma models from Hugging Face, verified with a checksum, opt-in, removable
Privacy
No telemetry, no account with Northmail, no remote images unless you allow them
Platforms
macOS 13 and newer, and Windows 10 and newer
Price
Free, for everyone, without ads or upsell
The Northmail calendar in year view, with the calendars of every account side by side

Profiles: work, private, or one per client

Group your accounts into profiles, each with its own icon and colour in the bar on the left. Choose a profile and Northmail shows only the mail, calendars, contacts and tasks of those accounts. One click on All brings everything back together.

  • Unread counts and notifications for incoming mail per profile, so a quiet evening stays quiet
  • Choose the profile when you add an account, and drag profiles into the order you like
  • Profiles travel along through iCloud to your other Macs and to Northmail on your iPhone
  • Calendar, contacts and tasks follow the active profile too
The Northmail mail window: profiles on the left, all folders of several accounts, the message list and the day calendar on the right

Mail, calendar, contacts and tasks in one program

Northmail contacts: address books of every account together, with the details of one contact
Northmail contacts: address books of every account together, with the details of one contact
Northmail tasks from every account in one list, with due dates
Northmail tasks from every account in one list, with due dates

How it works

  1. Add an account

    Enter your email address. Workspace accounts are detected automatically; Exchange and Gmail take a minute more.

  2. Mail arrives in the background

    Headers first, then the bodies, for the window you chose. Everything stays on your computer, encrypted by your system.

  3. Switch on the assistant if you like

    After the first account Northmail asks once. Choose a model that fits your computer, wait for the download, and it works, even without internet.

Get Northmail

Signed for macOS 13 and newer and for Windows 10 and newer. Updates come from binadit.work. Downloads

Northmail

Release notes, version 0.1.45

Links in messages open in your browser, and images in messages load over a secure connection. Reminders show one card per calendar event, also when the event appears in more than one calendar. In Gmail, messages in Trash get the correct delete actions.

macOS Version 0.1.45

macOS 13.0 or newer, Apple silicon and Intel

Released
9 October 2026
Size
82.6 MB
Build
0.1.45
File
Northmail_0.1.45_universal.dmg
SHA-256
f17242738c7686b4a2f1e5a91fb3af922be3781dc2373a023cf053a3bb39543a
Windows Version 0.1.45

Windows 10 or newer

Released
9 October 2026
Size
26.3 MB
Build
0.1.45
File
Northmail_0.1.45_x64-setup.exe
SHA-256
f089f596d9a07589082f0b9a93da31b136776439d525eeeb3c1ae4c3d171ed0c
Linux Version 0.1.45

64-bit Linux, x86_64 and ARM64

Links in messages open in your browser, and images in messages load over a secure connection. Reminders show one card per calendar event, also when the event appears in more than one calendar. In Gmail, messages in Trash get the correct delete actions.

Released
9 October 2026
Size
43.1 MB
Build
0.1.45
File
Northmail_0.1.45_amd64.deb
SHA-256
e85c45b149f59a1cafddeb8c93d48a94ec1a2fa66eb097d2b0e23a60113a96d5
Debian and Ubuntu
x86_64ARM64
Fedora, Rocky and openSUSE
x86_64ARM64
Any distribution, AppImage
x86_64ARM64