AI-powered email summaries delivered directly to your Messages

A privacy-focused macOS menu bar app that automatically fetches your unread emails, generates AI-powered summaries, and sends them to you via iMessage.

• AI Summarization - Choose from Claude (Anthropic), OpenAI, or local Ollama models
• Automatic Scheduling - Set up daily or weekly email digests at your preferred time
• Privacy-Focused - All credentials stored securely in macOS Keychain
• Content Filtering - Optional redaction of sensitive data before AI processing
• Menu Bar App - Lives quietly in your menu bar, never intrusive
• Local Model Support - Use Ollama for fully offline, private summarization

• macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
• Apple Mail app configured with your email accounts
• One of the following AI providers:
  • Anthropic API key for Claude
  • OpenAI API key for GPT models
  • Ollama installed locally for offline use

Download the latest release from the releases page or the website.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/johnpeterat/EmailSummarizer.git
   cd EmailSummarizer

2. Open the Xcode project:

   open EmailSummarizerApp/EmailSummarizer.xcodeproj

3. Build and run (Cmd+R) or archive for distribution (Product > Archive)

1. Launch the app - It will appear in your menu bar
2. Complete onboarding - Grant necessary permissions for Mail and Messages access
3. Configure AI provider - Add your API key or configure Ollama
4. Set your phone number - Where you want to receive summaries via iMessage
5. Configure schedule - Choose when to receive your email digests

Email Summarizer is designed with privacy as a core principle:

• All email processing happens locally on your device
• API keys are stored in the macOS Keychain (hardware-encrypted)
• Optional content filtering redacts sensitive data before AI processing
• No telemetry, no tracking, no data collection
• Use Ollama for completely offline operation

The landing page is a Node.js Express application.

cd landing-page
npm install
npm start

The server will start at http://localhost:3000.

Set NODE_ENV=production for optimized static file serving with caching.

EmailSummarizer/
├── EmailSummarizerApp/     # Main macOS Swift application
│   ├── App/                # App entry point and state
│   ├── Views/              # SwiftUI views
│   ├── Services/           # Business logic and API integrations
│   ├── Models/             # Data models
│   └── Resources/          # AppleScripts and assets
├── landing-page/           # Marketing website
│   ├── public/             # Static files (HTML, CSS, JS)
│   └── server.js           # Express server
└── LICENSE                 # MIT License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

John Quigley (@johnpeterat)