Godwit
Open-source desktop email client with a customizable assistant, local mail storage, and support for your preferred AI models.
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Product Overview
What is Godwit?
Godwit is an open-source email client for macOS, Windows, and Linux that connects directly to IMAP/SMTP accounts. Its assistant, Wit, helps users understand messages, review attachments, and prepare replies with their chosen cloud or local model. Email stays on the user's computer, while skills, plugins, and MCP integrations extend the client for specialized workflows.
Key Features
Multi-Account Email
Manage IMAP/SMTP accounts with conversation views, full-text search, offline changes, and HTML composition.
Context-Aware Assistant
Ask Wit questions about synced mail, read PDF, Office, and CSV attachments, and prepare replies that require approval before sending.
Built-In Writing Actions
Summarize messages, translate text, adjust tone and length, or generate quick replies from messages, selections, and drafts.
Flexible Model Connections
Connect OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible services, including local models through Ollama and LM Studio.
Extensible Workflows
Add SKILL.md skills, permission-controlled TypeScript plugins, and MCP tools, or let external agents read mail and create drafts.
Local-First Privacy
Keep synced mail and drafts on your computer, store credentials in the system keychain, and block remote images by default.
Use Cases
- Inbox Triage : Identify messages awaiting replies and summarize important correspondence without reviewing every email manually.
- Multilingual Correspondence : Translate incoming messages and refine outgoing drafts for communication across languages.
- Attachment Review : Ask questions about attached documents and spreadsheets while preparing a relevant response.
- Privacy-Conscious Email Assistance : Use local models to process email on your computer without sending selected content to a cloud model provider.
- Custom Agent Workflows : Connect tools such as Claude and Cursor to read mail and prepare drafts, or build specialized email actions with extensions.
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