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MailCraft (ZIDAN44)

Clone of Outlook

Free clean-room mail program like Outlook, with three panes, a ribbon and the usual shortcuts. It keeps a copy of your mail on your computer.

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What works the same as Outlook

  • Three panes, a ribbon and the usual Outlook shortcuts. Drag messages onto folders.
  • Opens or exports Outlook data files (.pst).
  • Signs in with Gmail or Microsoft 365, and works with IMAP, POP and JMAP accounts.
  • Keeps every folder on disk, so it works offline.
  • Available in 15 interface languages.

What is missing

  • The project keeps a list of what is still missing in docs/gaps.md.

How to get started

  1. Click Download. It opens the project's releases page.
  2. On Windows, run the .msi or use the portable zip; on a Mac, open the .dmg; on Linux, pick the AppImage, .deb, .rpm, Flatpak or .tar.gz.
  3. To try it with a sample mailbox, run cargo run --release -p mailcraft -- --sample from its folder.

Compatible files

Outlook files (.pst) According to the project

Other Outlook clones

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Project created in October 2026. Data from version main 2026-10-17, November 7, 2026.