MailCue is a native macOS app that connects to your Gmail and quietly does the boring parts — sorts what matters, sums up your day, and drafts replies in your voice. You stay in control: nothing is sent, archived, or trashed without your tap.
macOS 13+ · Free during beta · Connects your Gmail · You approve every send
How it works
MailCue works with the Gmail account you already have — no new inbox, no forwarding, nothing moved anywhere. Your mail stays in Gmail.
One click through Google's own secure sign-in. You see exactly what you're granting, and you can disconnect anytime.
It triages your inbox, surfaces what matters, briefs you twice a day, and writes replies that sound like you.
Read the draft, edit any word, send when you're ready — with a 30-second undo. Nothing leaves or gets trashed without you.
What it does for you
MailCue is built around one job: get you through email faster, without making you learn a new app.
Every message lands in one of three buckets — Important, Regular, Promotions — so the noise stops burying what matters.
Instead of an endless list, MailCue gives you a short read-out of your inbox — morning and afternoon. Skim it in a minute.
Tell MailCue the gist — "say yes, suggest Thursday" — and it drafts a reply that sounds like you. Edit any word before it sends.
One-time verification codes get pulled to the front the moment they arrive, so you're not digging through mail to log in somewhere.
Before you send, MailCue quietly reviews the reply for mistakes — wrong name, missed question, wrong tone — and flags them for you.
Native macOS, genuinely fast — not a browser tab pretending to be an app. It lives on your Mac and feels like it.
You're always in control
MailCue can read and tidy the Gmail you connect (archive, label, and — only with your per-message OK — trash). It cannot send or compose mail on its own.
There is no auto-reply mode. MailCue never sends a message without your explicit tap, and a 30-second undo is always on.
Nothing is moved to Trash without your confirmation for that specific message. No bulk surprises.
Erase everything MailCue has stored and disconnect your Gmail in a single click — anytime, always free.
Your mail is used to help you — never to train any AI model, never mined for ads, never sold or handed to a data broker.
Read the full Privacy policy → for exactly what's accessed, stored, and erased.
Quick start
Full instructions at the Install guide →
Download and move to Applications
Double-click MailCue-v0.9-macOS.dmg to mount it. Drag MailCue.app to your /Applications folder.
First launch — bypass Gatekeeper
Right-click MailCue.app → Open → click Open in the dialog. macOS only asks once.
Paste your beta license key
Press ⌘, inside MailCue → paste your key → Activate.
Connect your Gmail
Click Connect Gmail, sign in through Google's secure screen, and approve. That's it — MailCue starts working.
Beta access
MailCue is free during the current beta. License keys are distributed manually — limited to ~50 users to start.
Email [email protected] with subject "MailCue beta".
Steve responds within 24 hours with your key.
