~*~ free and open source · MIT · since 2026 ~*~

Mail at the speed of a keypress

A Gmail client for Omarchy that lives on your keyboard. The window reads only from a local cache, so it never waits on the network, and Gmail catches up in the background.

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| TRIAGE  | e done · h snooze · # trash · z undo  |
| CACHE   | SQLite on your machine, works offline |
| COMPOSE | Neovim in a floating terminal         |
| THEME   | follows your Omarchy theme, live      |
| PRIVACY | your own OAuth client, no middleman   |
| CLI     | --json for scripts and agents         |
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Install

$ curl -fsSL https://chord.thetylerreiff.co/install | bash

Builds the Arch package from source, so Chord lands in your launcher with its background service. Arch or Omarchy, x86_64 or aarch64. Copy it with c. [ Read the script ]

One keypress, exploded: the E key marks a message done in the local cache at once, and the cache syncs to Gmail in the background. CHORD · KEYBOARD-DRIVEN GMAIL · LOCAL-FIRST · BUILT FOR OMARCHY · FREE AND OPEN SOURCE · CHORD · KEYBOARD-DRIVEN GMAIL · LOCAL-FIRST · BUILT FOR OMARCHY · FREE AND OPEN SOURCE · E 01 KEY E MARKS IT DONE ● PRESSED 02 LOCAL CACHE THE WINDOW CHANGES AT ONCE ● MOVED TO DONE 03 GMAIL SYNCED IN THE BACKGROUND ○ QUEUED● SYNCED
  1. 01 Key · E marks it done
  2. 02 Local cache · the window changes at once
  3. 03 Gmail · synced in the background
Fig. 1 · One keypress, exploded