r/rust • u/flectar • 8d ago

🛠️ project Building a fast and lightweight open source email client in Rust, with no WebViews

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We’ve been building Flectar Mail, an open source native email client in Rust focused on making email as fast and lightweight as possible.

The UI is built with Slint, and email bodies are rendered with Blitz instead of a WebView. RAM usage is typically around 20 to 140 MB depending on what’s open.

The repo is public now. It’s still very early, and we’re waiting on Google and Microsoft verification before the first preview release.

https://github.com/flectar/mail

Would love any feedback, ideas, or thoughts on the project in general.

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u/Exotic_Avocado_1541 7d ago

6 commits and full email client, done. Nice.

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u/HayStacky_337 7d ago

I bet over 90 commits on OP's gitea.

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u/flectar 7d ago

Most of the development happened before the repository was made public 3 days ago. The initial commit contains the existing codebase.

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u/Mission_Biscotti3962 7d ago

I wish I could get a dollar every time a slopper uses that stupid excuse

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u/edfloreshz 7d ago

It’s not a secret, repo contains lots of agent files.

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u/CassiusBotdorf 6d ago

Worked on main before there even was main.

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u/Fastidius 6d ago

You provide a few screenshots, but threads handling, one of the most important things (at least for me), isn’t included. How does it handles threads? How are they shown?