Open-source AI email assistant & client that helps users reach inbox-zero quickly (Next.js, Prisma, Upstash, Tailwind).
https://github.com/elie222/inbox-zeroYour inbox doesn't have to be a productivity black hole. While most developers resign themselves to email chaos, Inbox Zero flips the script with an AI-powered email assistant that actually understands what you need.
You're already juggling code reviews, deployment alerts, client communications, and vendor outreach. Email becomes this constant context-switching nightmare where important messages get buried under newsletters you forgot to unsubscribe from, and cold outreach clogs your mental bandwidth.
Inbox Zero solves this with an AI assistant that works like the executive assistant you wish you had—but specifically trained for developer workflows.
AI Personal Assistant That Actually Gets It Give it a plain text prompt file describing your email preferences, and it handles everything autonomously. Archive newsletters, label GitHub notifications, draft replies to client emails, forward urgent deployment alerts to your team Slack—whatever a human assistant would do, but faster and more consistently.
Reply Zero Tracking Track emails that need your response and which ones you're waiting for replies on. No more "did I already respond to this?" mental overhead or wondering if your client saw your last message.
Smart Bulk Actions The bulk unsubscriber analyzes your email patterns and identifies newsletters you never read. One click removes them all. The cold email blocker learns your patterns and automatically filters sales outreach.
Developer-Friendly Analytics See your email patterns with daily, weekly, and monthly stats. Track response times, identify communication bottlenecks, and optimize your email workflow like you would any other system.
Startup CTO Managing Multiple Stakeholders Set up rules to automatically categorize investor updates, prioritize customer support escalations, and draft responses to recruitment inquiries. The AI learns your communication style and handles routine responses while flagging anything requiring your personal attention.
Freelance Developer Juggling Clients Configure the assistant to track project communications, automatically follow up on outstanding invoices, and categorize emails by client and project. Get a clear view of which clients need responses and which projects have pending deliverables.
Open Source Maintainer Automatically categorize GitHub notifications, draft responses to feature requests, and manage contributor communications. The AI can even suggest which issues to prioritize based on your project's context.
Built on Next.js 14, TypeScript, and Prisma with a modern architecture that scales. Integrates with Gmail API for email operations, OpenAI for AI features, and Upstash for background processing. The codebase is clean, well-documented, and designed for self-hosting.
Self-Hosted Control Deploy on your own infrastructure with full control over your email data. The Docker setup gets you running in minutes, and the comprehensive environment configuration covers everything from OAuth to AI model selection.
Multiple AI Providers Choose between OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, or even local Ollama models. The system adapts to your preferred AI provider and budget constraints.
Webhook-Driven Real-Time Processing Set up Google PubSub webhooks to process emails as they arrive. Your AI assistant works in the background, categorizing and responding before you even see new messages.
The repository includes everything you need: comprehensive setup guides, Docker configuration, and detailed environment variable documentation. You can have a working AI email assistant running locally in under 30 minutes.
The hosted version at getinboxzero.com is perfect for trying it out, but the real power comes from self-hosting where you control the data and can customize the AI behavior for your specific needs.
Your email shouldn't be a productivity sink. With 8,000+ stars and active development, Inbox Zero represents a mature approach to email automation that actually works for developers who need to focus on building, not managing their inbox.