Hi Product Hunt! I made Umbra because I wanted a calmer Gmail. It redraws Gmail so it’s quiet and easy to read: new mail can arrive a few times a day, newsletters fold into one page, and ⌘K does almost anything. Gmail is still underneath, so your account works as it always has. It’s free and open source, AI is off unless you turn it on, and nothing is sent to me. I’d love to hear what you think.
Well done on the launch. With AI off, people waiting on you seems to fall back to Gmail’s Important marker, so how often does that let most mail from people slip through between tides?
does switching to the chat view mess with labels/filters you already set up in gmail or does it leave those alone
Interesting approach. Don't know if chatting with emails is for me, but I like your calm approach. It is needed.
About Umbra Mail on Product Hunt
“A calmer Gmail where emails look like chat threads”
Umbra Mail launched on Product Hunt on October 19th, 2026 and earned 76 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #18 on the daily leaderboard. A calmer, private Gmail. Emails can look like chat threads, newsletters go in one page, and AI is optional. No tracking, no server, open source.
Umbra Mail was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.8k followers), Email (36.8k followers), Newsletters (12.1k followers), Open Source (69k followers) and GitHub (41.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 77.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Umbra Mail?
Umbra Mail was hunted by Mason Chen. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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