No zora server
zora connects straight to Gmail, iCloud or your IMAP provider. Nobody else receives your mail, including me.
Your mail, between you and your provider.
Many email apps quietly add their own servers to the trip: for push, for sync, for AI.
zora doesn't. Your mail goes from your provider to your Mac, and nowhere else.
Nothing in the middle.
Kept on your Mac
Mail is cached locally, so reading and searching happen on your Mac, not on someone's cloud.
Keychain only
Passwords, sign-in tokens and API keys live in the macOS Keychain, never in files, logs or uploads.
Nobody watching.
Remote images blocked
Tracking pixels can't tell senders when you opened their mail. Load images per message when you want them.
No analytics, no telemetry
The app doesn't report what you do, how often, or with whom.
No read receipts
zora doesn't track the people you write to, either.
AI, only on your terms.
zora works fine without AI, and it starts with AI switched off.
Off by default
Nothing about AI runs, and nothing is sent anywhere, until you turn it on in Settings.
Your own key
Bring an OpenAI, Anthropic or xAI (Grok) key. Only the conversation you have open and the text you ask about go to that provider, straight from your Mac.
Local MCP server
If you turn it on, Claude Code can work with your mail through a server that listens only on your Mac and needs a secret token.
Fair to say.
Private isn't the same as encrypted. Better you know.
Your provider still has your mail
zora doesn't change what Gmail, iCloud or your host can see. It just doesn't add anyone else.
No end-to-end encryption
zora doesn't do PGP or S/MIME. If you need that, look at a provider built around it.
Google sign-in
Gmail accounts sign in on Google's own page. zora gets only a token it can renew, never your password.
Paid for by you, not your data.
zora has no ads and no free tier to fund. It's paid for by the people who use it.
Pay once. A lifetime license, no subscription. Try every feature free for 14 days first, no account needed.
One person, no investors. No growth targets, so no reason to look at your inbox.
Read the policy. The privacy policy on this site lists exactly what zora accesses and where it goes.
Private, because nothing's in between.
Requires macOS 14 or later.