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All your email accounts.
One snail-simple app.

Every Google and Outlook account, one click apart, in one fast window. No browser tabs to lose. Just your inboxes.

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macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later · Windows 10/11 · free with one account
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Smails
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Why Smails

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

The real Google and Outlook you already know, in a light, fast app.

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Truly separate accounts

Each account stays signed in on its own. They never tangle or log each other out.

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Instant switching

Every inbox stays warm in the background. Flip between accounts with a click or a number key, no reloads.

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Feather-light

No bloated browser packed inside, so it opens fast and stays out of your way.

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Links open in your browser

Click a link in an email and it opens where it should, in your real default browser, not trapped in the app.

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Your default mail app

Set it as your default mail app. Click any email link and Smails opens a ready-to-write message.

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It's actually your inbox

Real profile photos, unread badges, the Google and Outlook interfaces you know. Nothing to relearn, nothing to sync.

Pricing

Free for one. A coffee for the rest.

Try it free with one account. Pay once to add as many as you like. No subscription.

Free
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  • One account (Google or Outlook)
  • Every feature included
  • Default mail app
  • Yours forever
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Pro
$9.99 USD, once

One payment, about what a fancy coffee costs. No subscription, yours for good.

  • Unlimited Google & Outlook accounts
  • Everything in Free
  • Activate on up to 2 devices
  • Free updates
Buy a license Try it free first. Full refund if it's not for you.

How it compares

Smails vs Shift & Mimestream

The pay-once way to run all your Google and Outlook accounts in one window.

 SmailsShiftMimestream
Multiple Google & Outlook accounts in one window✓✓✓
Light and fast (no bundled browser)✓✗✓
The real webmail interface you know✓✓✗
One-time price, no subscription✓ $9.99✗✗

Good to know

Questions

Does Smails see my password?

No. You sign in to Google directly, just like in a browser. Smails never sees your password, and your sign-in stays on your computer.

Is this an official Google app?

No. Smails is an independent app that loads Gmail's and Outlook's own web interfaces. It isn't affiliated with, or endorsed by, Google or Microsoft. "Gmail" is a trademark of Google LLC; "Outlook" is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

What do I need to run it?

A Mac on macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later, or a PC on Windows 10 or 11. That's it.

How does the license work?

A Pro license is a one-time purchase that activates on up to 2 devices. It works offline; it just checks in occasionally to stay valid. Lost your key? You can recover it any time from your purchase email.

Is there an official Gmail app for Mac?

No, Google doesn't make a native Gmail app for macOS. Most people end up with browser tabs, a heavy app that bundles its own browser, or a full email client. Smails is the lightweight native app that just runs Gmail itself, with every account in one window.

Is it a subscription?

No. Smails is a one-time purchase of $9.99, with free updates. Free with one account, pay once to add as many accounts as you like. No monthly fee, ever.

Is Smails a good Mailplane replacement?

Yes. If you loved Mailplane for keeping all your Gmail accounts in one native window, Smails is the closest successor: native, one-time price, multi-account. Mailplane shut down because Google blocked old embedded-browser sign-in; Smails uses Google's normal, current sign-in, so it doesn't hit that wall.

Will all my Google accounts work?

Almost always. You sign in with Google's normal web flow, so personal Gmail and most Google Workspace accounts work fine. The one exception: a Workspace account whose organisation enforces passkey or security-key-only sign-in can't sign in to any embedded app — that's a Google restriction, not specific to Smails. If that's one of your accounts, keep it in your browser and use Smails for the rest.

What if it's not for me?

Try it free with one account first — no card needed. If you buy a license and it doesn't work out, just email hello@matta.io and we'll refund you, no fuss.

What's new

Always getting better

Smails ships improvements regularly, and updates install themselves.

1.8.1Sep 28, 2026
  • Ad links open in your browser, where they belong (macOS). Clicking a sponsored link at the top of your Gmail inbox opened it inside Smails in a small window, which also let the advertiser drop tracking cookies into that account. Those links now go straight to your browser, and Smails stays your mail.
  • Your accounts stay put while your Mac is busy (macOS). Smails was treating an ordinary busy moment as a reason to unload accounts, so they could go to sleep while you were working even with sleeping switched off. It now only steps in when your Mac is genuinely running out of memory.
  • Sleeping accounts look like normal accounts. They used to sit faded in the sidebar, which made a perfectly healthy account look broken. Hover an account to see whether it's asleep, and click it to wake it, same as before.
1.8.0Sep 27, 2026
  • Stay fast, however many accounts you keep open (macOS). Accounts you haven't looked at in a while can now hand their memory straight back to your Mac, so the ones you're actually using stay quick and your machine stays free for everything else. Turn it on in Settings under Memory, choose how long an account can sit unused, and Smails takes care of the rest. On a four-account setup it handed back around half the memory. Click a sleeping account and you're straight back where you left off.
  • Off by default, and it never touches your work. Nothing changes until you pick a duration. A half-written email is never unloaded, and Smails still frees memory if your Mac comes under real pressure, whatever you've set. Sleeping accounts sit faded in the sidebar so you can see at a glance what's unloaded, and Gmail accounts keep counting new mail while they sleep, so your unread badges stay right.
1.7.3Sep 27, 2026
  • Dragging recipients between To, Cc and Bcc works. Dragging someone from one field to another did nothing on every account except the last one you added, and could drop their name in as plain text without their email address. It now works on every account.
  • Windows remembers your window and your zoom. Smails reopens at the size and position you left it, and the zoom you set with Ctrl and the mouse wheel now survives a restart instead of resetting every time.
1.7.2Sep 4, 2026
  • Printing works again. Printing an email (⌘P, or Gmail's own print button) gave blank pages, and "Save as PDF" did nothing. Both are fixed: emails print, and save to PDF, with their content.
  • Blank sidebar avatar fixed. Accounts with a decorative ring on their Google profile picture were showing an empty circle. The real photo now shows, and it refreshes itself on the next launch.
1.7.1Jul 7, 2026
  • Paste and Match Style. Paste text into a compose without carrying over its formatting, so it matches what you're writing. Use ⇧⌘V, the shortcut Gmail and most web apps use, or the macOS-standard ⇧⌥⌘V.
1.7.0Jun 22, 2026
  • Smails for Windows. The native Windows app is here: the same one-window, multi-account inbox, now on Windows 10 and 11.
  • Outlook and Microsoft 365. Add your Outlook accounts alongside Google, with unread badges, compose from email links, drag-and-drop attachments, and your profile photo in the sidebar.
1.6.3Jun 15, 2026
  • Fixed the unread badge so your total unread count shows on the app icon again, updating live.
1.6.2Jun 12, 2026
  • Calendars now sit in their own group in the sidebar, below your email accounts.
1.6.1Jun 12, 2026
  • Stopped the autocorrect popup from appearing in Gmail's search and label fields.
1.6.0Jun 12, 2026
  • Drag and drop files straight onto Smails to attach them. Drop anywhere, and if no message is open, Smails starts a new one for you.
1.5.0Jun 10, 2026
  • Add your Google Calendars alongside Gmail, each with its own badge on the sidebar.
  • Native desktop notifications for new mail and calendar events.
1.4.0Jun 7, 2026
  • Optional unread badge on the app icon, showing your total across every account.
1.3Jun 4, 2026
  • Reliable automatic updates, so new versions install themselves.
  • Save images and download linked files from the right-click menu.
  • Print emails with one shortcut.
  • Markdown tables you paste turn into clean, formatted tables.

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