ABOUT TALANOA

Talanoa is a desktop email client for people who hate email. It's built around a simple promise: save hours, clear your mind, and love your inbox again.

Unlike traditional email apps that pile every message into a single chronological list, Talanoa is people-first. Your inbox is organised by sender, so you instantly see who is writing to you and what actually matters — instead of drowning in a stream of notifications, newsletters, and noise.

Talanoa is privacy-first by design. Your email is stored 100% locally on your device, with zero tracking and zero telemetry. No cloud AI reads your messages. The app is also open source, so anyone can audit how it works.

Talanoa runs natively on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and connects to Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, and any standard IMAP account.

KEY FEATURES

Organised by Sender
Emails are grouped by the people and services that send them — a game changer for cutting through the noise and seeing what actually matters, instantly.

Any Provider, One Inbox
Connect Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, or any IMAP account, and manage them all from a single app.

Unified Inbox
Every email from every account lands in one chronological stream. No more tab-switching, no more missed messages.

Inbox as a To-Do List
Turn any email into a task and drag it between Todo, In Progress, and Done columns on a built-in Kanban board. Never drop the ball on an email again.

Share Availability in One Click
Select your free time slots directly from the composer. Talanoa inserts them into your email with a booking link, so recipients can book a meeting without any back-and-forth.

One-Click Unsubscribe & Block
One click unsubscribes from a sender, blocks them, and moves all of their existing emails to trash. Clean up years of clutter in minutes.

100% Local Storage
Your email is stored on your device, not on a third-party server.

Zero Tracking, Zero Telemetry
No analytics on your behaviour, no cloud AI reading your messages.

Cross-Platform
Native installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

PRICING

Focus Mode — Free forever.
Power Mode — $4/month (billed annually) or $139 lifetime.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER

Talanoa is built by John ("BetterCallJohn"), an indie developer, as an open-source alternative to the bloated, ad-driven email clients that dominate the market. Since launch, more than 2,400 people have made the switch.

WEBSITE
https://talanoa.email

CONTACT
hello@talanoa.email
