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$0foreverOne email account, people-first inbox view, 2 blocks or unsubscribes per month, up to 5 Kanban tasks. Official source 1 ↗
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Talanoa
Desktop email client that shows threads as chats, turns emails into Kanban tasks and runs its AI assistant on your own computer.
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- Pricing
- Free forever for one email account, with 2 blocks or unsubscribes a month and up to 5 Kanban tasks. Pro costs $10 a month, or $7.50 a month billed annually ($90 a year), and unlocks unlimited accounts, blocks and tasks plus the iOS and Android beta app. No credit card is needed to start. Official source 1 ↗
- Available as
- Desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux (built on Electron). An iOS and Android app is in beta for Pro users and is not yet on the App Store or Google Play. · Works with Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud and any IMAP mailbox. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗ Official source 1 ↗
- Primary group
- Productivity
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What it does
Talanoa is a desktop email client for macOS, Windows and Linux that shows each thread as chat bubbles and groups mail by sender. It adds a Kanban board for turning emails into tasks, a built-in calendar with booking links, and an AI assistant that runs on your own computer to answer questions about your inbox, summarise threads and draft replies in your tone. Email and tokens are stored locally.
Official source 1 ↗Features
- Threads as chat conversations. Each message is shown as a bubble with quoted text, signatures and disclaimers removed, and all mail from one person sits in a single conversation. Official source 1 ↗
- Ask your inbox (local AI). Ask in plain words to search emails and attachments, check to-dos or look at the calendar; it can also prepare a todo, event or draft. Answers show their sources and nothing happens until you confirm. Official source 1 ↗
- Thread summaries, tone-matched replies and translation. AI condenses a long thread into decisions and next steps, turns a few words into a reply in a tone learned from your sent mail, and translates replies. Official source 1 ↗
- On-device model. The AI model runs on your own computer; emails are not uploaded to a cloud AI service. Official source 1 ↗
- Email to Kanban task. Turn an email into a task with a status, due date and notes, with the original conversation attached. Official source 1 ↗
- Calendar and booking links. Respond to meeting invitations and share a link with several available times without leaving the inbox. Official source 1 ↗
- Unified inbox and one-click unsubscribe. Several accounts land in one timeline, and one click removes a sender and everything they sent. Official source 1 ↗
- Offline use. Mail is kept on your computer, so you can open, search, use Ask AI and reply offline; outgoing mail sends when you reconnect. Official source 1 ↗
Pricing & free limits
Pro
$10per month, or $7.50/month billed annually ($90/year)Unlimited email accounts, blocks and unsubscribes, and Kanban tasks; iOS and Android app (beta); priority support; future features included. Official source 1 ↗
Billing details
You can upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time; after cancelling a paid plan you keep access until the end of the billing period. Billing runs through Stripe. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗
Free access & limits
Free is limited to one email account, 2 blocks or unsubscribes a month and 5 Kanban tasks; the mobile app is Pro only. Official source 1 ↗
Best for & limitations
Product managers tracking feature requests and stakeholder asks from email as tasks before planning. Official source 1 ↗
Engineering leads bundling GitHub, AWS and Jira notifications into digests so people's emails stay visible. Official source 1 ↗
People who want AI help with email without sending their mail to a cloud AI service. Official source 1 ↗
- No web app; mobile still in beta. Talanoa is a desktop app. The iOS and Android app is a Pro-only beta that needs an invite and is not in the app stores yet. Official source 1 ↗
- Some calendar and AI features are beta. The homepage marks part of the calendar and AI section as currently in beta. Official source 1 ↗
- Account data is held in the cloud. Email stays local, but your name, email address, operating system and Stripe customer ID are stored in a Supabase database, and crash reports go to Sentry. Official source 1 ↗
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