Talanoa

Email that feels like chat

Talanoa Introduction

Talanoa is an email messenger that turns cluttered email threads into clean, chat-like conversations by stripping out quotes, signatures, and noise. It offers a people-first inbox, Kanban task management built from emails, and an integrated calendar, connecting Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, or any IMAP account in one unified inbox. On-device AI handles search, summarization, and drafting, and everything stays local with no cloud sync or tracking. Talanoa is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Key Features

Turns email threads into clean, chat-like conversations by removing quotes, signatures, and clutter
Unified inbox supporting Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, and any IMAP account
Convert emails into actionable todos with a built-in Kanban task view
Manage your calendar without leaving the inbox
Private, on-device AI for searching, summarizing, and writing emails
Local-first architecture with no cloud sync and no tracking
Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux

Use Cases

Taming busy inboxes by reading email threads as conversations
Turning emails into tasks and tracking them on a Kanban board
Scheduling and managing meetings directly from the inbox
Searching, summarizing, and drafting emails with private on-device AI
Consolidating multiple email accounts into a single inbox

Why Startups Use It

Talanoa combines email, tasks, and calendar in one lightweight desktop app, helping small teams spend less time sorting email and more time doing work—while keeping sensitive communications private with local-first storage and on-device AI.