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Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by briandoll on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:59AM (#44435231)
I've been looking to replace Superhuman recently. None of their AI or Team features matter to me. I just wanted what they originally set out to build -- a super fast, keyboard driven, desktop email client. There are daily paper cut bugs and search issues that have persisted for many years, and I'm not going to stick around through this transition which will surely make the product worse.

What do folks like for desktop email that's keyboard driven? At this point I almost want to go back to Pine ;)

Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by shepherdjerred on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:02PM (#44435271)
Mailmate on macOS is good
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by rwc on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:37PM (#44435647)
Mimestream on Mac implements GMail's keyboard shortcuts so there was no learning curve for me and I'm able to enjoy a desktop app experience.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by briandoll on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:50PM (#44435790)
This does seem pretty seamless to swap to, thanks!

Now to figure out iOS ;)

Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by swyx on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @01:54PM (#44436429)
chiming in with thanks, i was looking to leave Superhuman also.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by phalgun_g on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:23AM (#44440239)
Is there a reason you prefer desktop apps over using email in the browser?
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by latchkey on Thursday July 03, 2025 @10:47PM (#44460739)
Mimestream user here: I can command-tab to an application.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by myflash13 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @02:22PM (#44436713)
Same here, I recently got frustrated with every email client, tried everything. Few days ago I finally decided to vibe code my own email client with Claude Code and I got a basic version running in a single day. Can’t wait to build it exactly the way I want, with programmable rules/filters and AI drafts for specific types of emails I get, conversion to plain text or dark mode for readability, contextual information in sidebars pulled from APIs (such as email history and customer support / CRM info), and one click actions in other apps.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by umbra07 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @04:36PM (#44437792)
I use (neo)mutt
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by jag729 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @06:24PM (#44438500)
In the same boat. Tried Notion Mail and it wasn't quite at Superhuman's level, though I do anticipate they'll improve it.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by isaachinman on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @07:02PM (#44438750)
We're building what you want:

https://marcoapp.io

Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by michihuber on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:12AM (#44441244)
are you unifying the inbox across multiple mail accounts? (like apple Mail.app does)
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by isaachinman on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @06:09PM (#44449375)
Yes, that's one of our core USPs. It's possible to view one email account at a time, all at once, or any user-generated combination you might desire.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by presentation on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @08:29PM (#44439231)
I’m using Shortwave and it’s nice! They’re also leaning into AI unfortunately but the core email experience is pretty good with nicer notification control and bundling features than Superhuman had.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by briandoll on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:33PM (#44440037)
After a day of trialing many apps, briefly settling on Gmail (iOS, and Unite to make a desktop app), I'm pretty happy with Spark for MacOS and iOS.
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by phalgun_g on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:22AM (#44440235)
Simplehuman for Gmail is what I use. It's a light weight browser extension that makes Gmail work like Superhuman with the same keyboard shortcuts and natural language snooze. https://simplehuman.email
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman by gregorvand on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:11AM (#44461069)
For fast, combined Google accounts with natural language prioritization, we're building https://wyntk.ai