Show HN: An Open Source Superhuman Email Client Clone
Hi HN, I'm a long-time Superhuman user, and a few weeks ago I cloned it as a native Mac app. It's keyboard-first, with split inboxes, reminders, and a built-in calendar. It's local-first, including the AI features that use local models shipped in macOS 27, with the option to use Claude/Codex subscriptions. It's extremely configurable, even down to the search weights, and comes packed with CLI/MCP if you want to use it with an agent. This is my daily driver for email, but it's by no means a "
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points · 4 votes
2026-11-05 06:45:18.766Z
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Repository: michaelmagan/OpenHuman. Source account: Hi HN, I'm a long-time Superhuman user, and a few weeks ago I cloned it as a native Mac app. It's keyboard-first, with split inboxes, reminders, and a built-in calendar. It's local-first, including the AI features that use local models shipped in macOS 27, with the option to use Claude/Codex subscriptions. It's extremely configurable, even down to the search weights, and comes packed with CLI/MCP if you want to use it with an agent. This is my daily driver for email, but it's by no means a "
Observed adoption & comparisons
Source votes: 4 votes (Nov 5, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 4 (Nov 5, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Show HN: R/place for Git – Open-source Git server sustaining 567 pushes/s” (Show HN, Nov 6, 2026); “Show HN: Current – Change control for AI agents (Elixir)” (Show HN, Nov 6, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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