Umbra Mail
A calmer Gmail where emails look like chat threads
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A calmer, private Gmail. Emails can look like chat threads, newsletters go in one page, and AI is optional. No tracking, no server, open source.
PH · launched Oct 19, 2026 · 74 upvotes (top 2%) · 0 views
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Chrome Extensions
- Newsletters
- Open Source
- GitHub
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Could you build this?
Yes A client-side web or Electron email client connecting directly to the Gmail REST API with chat-style message rendering.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 206 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #7 of 207 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 315 days after the earliest competitor.
- Talanoa · ph · 2026-10-15 · 327 upvotes · similarity 0.52
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- Gmail Cleanup · ph · 2026-10-02 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- MailBuildr · ph · 2026-10-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Apparent for Gmail · ph · 2026-03-28 · 225 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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- UltyMailer.com · ph · 2026-10-19 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- ThreadTrim for Gmail · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Mejl · ph · 2026-09-11 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.45