Alternatives to Wino Mail
Native Windows mail and calendar client for Outlook, Gmail and IMAP accounts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Wino Mail
Native Windows mail and calendar client for Outlook, Gmail and IMAP accounts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Wino Mail.
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft's email, calendar and contacts app for desktop, mobile and the web.
Microsoft Outlook adds mobile and web versions and Microsoft 365 integration, but it is closed source and some features, including Copilot, require a paid plan.
Thunderbird
Mozilla’s desktop mail client, with calendar, contacts and a unified inbox, funded by donations rather than ads.
Thunderbird runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android with mail, calendar, contacts and tasks, plus built-in OpenPGP, but its interface can feel dense.
eM Client
A polished commercial mail, calendar and contacts client for Windows and Mac, with a free tier capped at two accounts.
eM Client is a polished closed-source client for Windows and Mac with calendar, tasks and PGP, but its free tier is capped at two accounts.
Mailbird
Desktop email client for Windows and macOS with a unified inbox.
Mailbird offers a unified inbox and app integrations on Windows and macOS, but it is closed source and the full feature set needs a paid license.
Betterbird
A Thunderbird fork that ships extra fixes and features, and can run side by side on the same profile.
Betterbird is an open-source Thunderbird fork with extra fixes, a portable Windows build and support for macOS and Linux, run by a small volunteer team.
Mailspring
A desktop mail client with a unified inbox, snooze and send later, whose paid tier adds read receipts.
Mailspring adds snooze, send later and templates across Windows, macOS and Linux under GPL-3.0, but it uses Electron and has no built-in calendar.
BlueMail
Cross-platform email and calendar client with a unified inbox.
BlueMail provides a unified inbox and calendar across Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile, but it is closed source and some features need a paid plan.
Spark Mail
Smart email client that auto-sorts inboxes and drafts AI-powered replies.
Spark Mail adds automatic inbox sorting and AI-drafted replies on Windows, macOS and mobile, but it is closed source with AI features on a paid plan.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Wino Mail as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Pegasus Mail
A long-running free desktop email client for Windows, maintained alongside the Mercury mail server.
Wino Mail is a free, open source native Windows client with a Fluent interface and calendar for Outlook, Gmail and IMAP accounts, still filling in features.
The Bat!
A Windows desktop email client that keeps mail locally, with on-disk encryption and end-to-end encryption.
Wino Mail is a free open-source native Windows client with mail and calendar for Outlook, Gmail and IMAP, still filling in features as a one-developer project.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Claws Mail
A fast, keyboard-driven email client that loads a hundred thousand message folder without thinking about it.
Spike
Turns email into a chat-like interface with message bubbles instead of a list.
Canary Mail
Encrypted email client with AI features across desktop and mobile.
MailStore Home
Free Windows email archiver for IMAP, Exchange and PST files.
Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android
Microsoft's Outlook mobile app for email, calendar and contacts on iPhone, iPad and Android.
