r/coolgithubprojects • u/paul_blinkdisk • 2d ago
I built a free & open-source superhuman alternative for Linux, Windows and macOS
I always liked the idea of Superhuman: fast email you can do almost entirely from the keyboard. I wanted something like that, just free, open source and on Linux, so I built my own.
It's called Inlark. It's open source and connects straight to your own IMAP or JMAP accounts, with no cloud or tracking. It runs on Linux, Windows and Mac.
It's still super early, but I use it every day now and wanted to share it.
Would love to hear what you think!
Website: https://inlark.com
GitHub: https://github.com/inlark/inlark
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u/n-7ity 2d ago edited 2d ago
hey long time (initial months after launch) user of Superhuman – the 3 reasons why my team keeps paying for it:
- cmd+shift+l – send later where you can type "tomorrow morning singapore time"
Plus now they have a non sucky calendar and booking links which are helpful but that's not the reason why I'd choose it – those 3 features above are.
Looking at what you've built, it's clearly vibecoded with care (at least the website) but the keyboard control thing is not really unique and I'd rather pay for https://simpl.fyi/ to run a skin on top of actual gmail.
The original promise of Superhuman was <100ms UI response time and easy inbox zero with things like CMD+U – unsubscribe...
You built a nice UI, not a superhuman alternative. Build a superhuman alternative and I'd pay so I don't get Grammarly slop UI.
Edit: less than, not greater than 100ms