A real Mac app
Three columns, a menu bar, and shortcuts on every common action. Quick Look on attachments.
Open source · macOS & iOS
Mail,
quietly capable.
A native mail client that keeps your mail on your machine. IMAP and Gmail, 34 themes, no telemetry.
Preview build · iOS and iPadOS on TestFlight
MIT
Licensed
0
Telemetry, ever
34
Built-in themes
IMAP
+ Gmail API
What it does
Built like a Mac app should be.
iOS, built for the phone
Swipe actions, a compact reading pane, and alternate app icons.
Threaded reading
Conversations group and expand, newest message first.
Search
Shows what came from cache and what came from the server, including what failed.
Compose
Recipients as chips, signatures per account, send that never doubles.
HTML handled safely
No scripts, remote images blocked until you allow them.
Privacy
Your mail never checks in.
No analytics, no crash reporting, no account phoning home. Credentials stay in the Keychain, and a test suite keeps the app offline by default.
- Avatarsresolve only if you opt in — Contacts, Gravatar, BIMI, or favicon, each toggled separately
- Remote imagesblocked by default; allowed once, per message or per sender
- iCloud syncoptional, your own account, and never mail or passwords
$ ./scripts/privacy-audit.sh
✓ no analytics imports — Matomo, Sentry, Firebase, Mixpanel, Amplitude
✓ zero-network-by-default — verified by BrevTesting suite
✓ every external lookup — opt-in, listed in PRIVACY.md
✓ credentials — Keychain only, never a server
0 telemetry endpoints foundAppearance
34 themes. Ship your own.
IDE-inspired built-ins — Nord, Gruvbox, Solarized, Catppuccin, Tokyo Night, Rosé Pine, and Brev's own Paper, Forest, and Slate — plus user themes as JSON files.
Status
Preview build.
Brev is not finished. The roadmap is public and in progress.
Working
IMAP/SMTP setup, Gmail, threading, search, compose, themes.
In progress
Provider QA, iOS device testing, signed betas.