![]() ![]() You can sign up for the free Mimestream beta here. Whether they will offer the same snappy performance as the Gmail accounts awaits to be seen, but I’m looking forward to finding out. On the plus side, Mimestream does also promise support for a greater range of email accounts, including Office 365, JMAP servers and IMAP servers. There’s no word yet on how much it will cost. “Instead of monetizing your e-mail data for advertising or market research purposes, Mimestream generates revenue by charging for software licenses,” the company’s FAQ reads. Mimestream is currently free but won’t be so for long. The default labels of ‘Gmail’ and ‘GSuite’ for my two accounts aren’t particularly helpful. It has support for multiple Gmail accounts too, although we’d like to see the option to rename the inboxes in Mimestream. Mimestream has full support for Gmail’s labelling system, and also pulls social media and promotional messages away from your main inbox, helping you to focus on the emails that tend to matter most. In the inbox, emails appear in Gmail’s default conversation view, meaning if you get four or five replies to the same message from different folk, they all appear within the one message, making them easier to triage. There are no CC or BCC fields - you have to press a button if you want those to appear. It has only four buttons: one to adjust the font, one to insert emojis, one to add attachments and one to send. The new email screen is indicative of this stripped-back approach. Everything is simple, business-like, and geared to getting stuff done quickly, which is fine by me: the less time I spend dealing with my inbox, the better. There aren’t tons of icons, like there are in Outlook, and there’s barely a splash of color anywhere. There is nothing fussy about the Mimestream interface. Outlook, on the other hand, is close to being the top resource hog. Outlook consumed 332MB of memory on my Mac, and Apple’s Mail used 145MB, Mimestream consumed around 80MB, making it one of the least demanding apps on my Mac. There are many more Gmail-specific features still planned to be added, such as server-side filter/rule configuration, importance flag / priority inbox support, vacation response configuration, and more.Mimestream is much less demanding of your Mac’s resources than rival email apps, too. Really fast message rendering performance Server-side, Gmail-equivalent search (same results as Gmail) Lightweight, limited-cache syncing model that is designed to complete syncing a new account in seconds and uses a minimal amount of disk space Automatic syncing of aliases and signatures from Gmail You can use Mimestream for free with a 14-day trial. In terms of reasons why you might like Mimestream if you have a Gmail account: Do not use mime-stream in new projects, and migrate old projects away. ![]() Mimestream adheres to standard macOS design paradigms, so the overall app appearance is similar to Mail. The app itself does not collect your email address, and won't in the App Store version either. Your feedback helps me make a better Mac app!Īs Mimestream is still in beta, user email addresses are being requested on the website to provide any important updates, and also provide users with instructions on how to transition to the Mac App Store version when it goes live. Please send any feedback to and you'll reach me directly. I wrote Mimestream to be my ideal Gmail experience on macOS, and I'm working on this full time now! If you don't use Gmail, stay tuned, because support for additional services is planned in the future.Ī little about me: In the past, I used to work at Apple on Mail for 7.5 years, and after a detour, I decided that I missed writing software and working on email. Updates are generally released 1-2x a week, and release notes can be viewed online. Pricing has not yet been set, but there will be free trial, and licensing will have two options: (A) A one-time purchase, or (B) A small monthly subscription. Once 1.0 is released, Mimestream will be a paid app. Your email is not collected or even analyzed on-device for marketing purposes by Mimestream. There are no intermediary servers, and the app makes direct connections from your Mac to Gmail. Mimestream takes a firm stance on privacy, and stores your data and credentials only on your device. – True support for labels (with synced colors) ? Because Mimestream uses the Gmail API, Mimestream offers some features that traditional email clients using IMAP can't, such as: Mimestream is made for Mac (written in Swift, using AppKit), optimized for Gmail, and takes a lightweight approach focused on speed. Mimestream is now in public beta, and looking for more beta testers! If you're interested, visit, enter your email address to request access, and you'll instantly get a download link. I'm Neil, the developer of Mimestream, a lightweight native Gmail client for macOS. ![]()
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