Dodosend is a desktop app for Gmail where every action has a key, and the mail you put off comes back when you can act on it.
Free for one Gmail mailbox.
Try it here: ↓ next E archive S star CtrlZ undo
Move through the list, act on a thread and land on the next one, all without the mouse. Press any of these keys to see them here.
Forget one? Press ! in the app to see the keys for the screen you are on.
Press Tab in the search box and say what you remember about the mail: who it was from, what it asked, when it came. Dodosend lists the closest mail, even when it says it with other words than yours.
For this, the text of each mail is processed once. It is not kept or used for anything else. Where your mail goes
Pick a sender, a date, a folder or a label and each one becomes a chip. The chips are the whole search, so you see exactly what it looks for. Or type the common Gmail search operators, like from: and has:attachment.
Every search opens as a Tab of its own. Press CtrlS and give it a name, and it stays in your Tabs next to the Inbox.
Press H and type “in 3 days”, “thu 4pm” or “tonight”. The list shows the times it reads as you type. The thread leaves the Inbox and comes back then.
After you send, choose Remind me if no reply. If nobody answers by then, the thread comes back to the Inbox.
Pick a send time and close the app. The mail still goes out at that time.
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Comes back to the Inbox at that time, even if Dodosend is closed.
While you write, type ; and the start of a template's name, then press Enter. Its text goes in where you are writing.
Write [name] or [day] in a template and it becomes a blank. The first one is selected when it goes in, and Tab moves to the next. Send with a blank still in and Dodosend asks first.
Keep a draft or a mail you sent as a template. Your templates are the same in every mailbox.
Hi Tom,
Thanks for reaching out. Could we talk on [day] at [time]? It takes about 20 minutes.
Jamie
Subscriptions lists who writes to you, how often, and how much of it you read over the last 90 days.
Press E to unsubscribe and archive what they already sent. Keep the ones you want and they wait in Kept, out of the way.
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Press CtrlL and ask. The AI searches and reads the mail on your computer to answer, and shows each step it took.
Ask it to clear out a sender, bring a thread back on Friday or keep a search as a tab, and it uses Dodosend’s own archive, reminders and tabs. Each change waits for you to press the button, and it can’t delete mail for good.
Give it a template or a few notes and it writes the mail or the reply. It lands in your Drafts, and nothing goes out: the AI can’t send mail.
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Did Northwind pay the October invoice?
Yes. Priya at Northwind wrote on Monday that the payment went out, with the receipt attached. Two of your reminders about it are still in the Inbox.
The AI wants to
archive 2 conversations
Work and personal in one window, each with its own Inbox. Ctrl Tab goes to the next one. Other ways to manage multiple Gmail accounts
Press G then C to see your week next to your mail. Answer an invitation from inside its thread, and press Ctrl⇧ A in a reply to put in your free times.
Your mail is never stored on our servers. You sign in on Google's own page, so Dodosend never sees your password.
| Place | What it gets | What it keeps |
|---|---|---|
| Your computer | GetsA copy of your mail and calendar. | KeepsAll of it, in Dodosend's folder, which your account on the computer protects. |
| GetsThe changes you make: what you archive, label, send and answer. | KeepsYour mailbox and calendar, as it always has. | |
| Dodosend's server | GetsYour mail on its way between Google and the app, and to the AI when you ask it. For search, the text of each mail is processed once. | KeepsNever your mail. What is processed for search or the AI is not kept or used for anything else. The server keeps your sign-in and what you choose to save, like templates and reminders. |
| The AI model | GetsOnly when you ask the AI: your question and the mail it reads to answer. | KeepsNothing. It runs with zero data retention and never trains on your mail. |
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Yes, for one Gmail mailbox, with every feature: the command palette, reminders, scheduled send, the calendar, and a few Ask AI questions a day. The Multi-mailbox plan, billed monthly or yearly, connects more mailboxes and gives more AI.
Yes, with Google Workspace accounts and personal Gmail alike. Some Workspace admins block apps their organization hasn’t approved; if yours does, they can allow Dodosend.
Not yet. Dodosend supports Gmail and Google Workspace accounts, connected through Google sign-in. More providers are on the roadmap.
macOS 12 or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel; Windows 10 or later, 64-bit; and Linux on x86_64, as an AppImage, a .deb or an .rpm. Each build is on the download page.
When you ask it. Ask AI answers questions about your mail, writes drafts that you send yourself, and uses the app’s own archive, reminders and tabs for you, each only after you approve it. It stays off until you turn it on. Search uses AI too, to find a mail from what you remember of it. No AI keeps your mail or learns from it.
On your computer, in Dodosend’s folder, and in Gmail as always. Your mail passes through Dodosend’s server on its way between Google and the app, and to the AI when you ask it, but the server doesn’t keep it. The privacy policy has the details.
While Google reviews Dodosend, it may say it hasn’t verified the app: choose Advanced, then Go to Dodosend. You still sign in on Google’s own page, and Dodosend never sees your password.
Mostly. C, /, E, R, F, S, Shift+I, Shift+U, Enter and ⌘/Ctrl+Enter do what they do in Gmail. The differences: the arrow keys move between conversations instead of J and K, Esc goes back instead of U, H sets a reminder where Gmail’s B snoozes, ⌘/Ctrl+Z undoes, Shift+R replies to all, and ! lists the shortcuts.
For macOS, Windows and Linux · Free for one Gmail mailbox