Sunflower

An inbox that protects your focus and privacy.
Sunflower is currently in Alpha. Join the waitlist on our website.

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

Personalization runs deep within our upcoming Sunflower Beta:

Your new Home tab subtly changes across the day, with a dynamically generated sky gradient from dawn to dusk

Or choose whichever fixed theme you prefer (my fav is Fern)

We’ll share more of these small design details as our public Beta launch grows closer—and reveal what our new Home tab is all about!

We’ve poured as much care as we could into every single screen of Sunflower. Even for screens as "mundane" as Settings

We can't wait for you to use it 🌻

[Bobby Goodlatte @rsg]

Sunflower came out of a number of conversations between myself, @leeadkins, and @michaelbrooksjr around how broken email had become...

And how no client out there truly mapped to how we'd like to use email

Inbox Zero never quite got there for us as a workable approach to email...

It means triaging an ever-growing inbox, an impossible task made all the worse by the proliferation of mass AI-written cold emails...

And to what end? Why should I have to do all this work just to stay on top of my inbox?

The very idea of triaging everything is anxiety-inducing and means your day is operating on other peoples' timetables—not your own

On the other side: the thought of tossing the keys to my inbox to a headless AI agent also induces anxiety

Yes there's a lot of noise in my inbox, but also a lot of signal. Things I care to get right, even personal messages from my family, and increasingly: from friends who are also using Sunflower

I wouldn't want to delegate my text messages to an AI assistant. Not only do I care to text my friends with accuracy...

But more importantly: they're looking to chat with *me*, not my AI proxy

Why would I want an AI agent to do that for my inbox? Messaging people on my behalf, standing in for me as a proxy... it doesn't sit right

But I understand the temptation, because our inboxes have become so impossibly noisy

But if all that noise could disappear... without requiring Inbox Zero style triaging... suddenly email becomes useful again as a communication medium

So many people have written-off email because of how junky it's become. And email clients aren't generally known for being the most beautiful user experiences

Most people don't look forward to checking their email...

But we hope to change that with Sunflower. And express our philosophy in code not words in this upcoming public Beta

We really designed this to solve our own frustrations with email... in the hopes that other people out there might share our same philosophy

Can't wait to launch this thing ❤️🌻

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

Human in the loop software starts with a simple idea. AI should be there when you need it, then disappear into the background.

Your inbox is personal. You know the people writing to you.

That’s how we think about AI in Sunflower. You can ask for help catching up on a long thread, turn a busy inbox into a to-do list, or use Magic Reply when you know what you want to say and could use a hand finding the words. Sunflower asks before it acts. You decide what deserves your time and what you’re ready to send.

The best software knows when to help and when to leave the decision to you. 🌻

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

RT @rsg: We’ve been using Expo Cloud Simulators to test builds of @trysunflower’s upcoming Beta

It’s an incredibly powerful tool. And usef…

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@shanupirangi Noted, thank you for the feedback!

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@widepipe @DeadFrostt We're opening up a lot more spots soon!

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

Have you tried Sunflower on iPhone Duo?
Here's what Magic Reply looks like!

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@paulosxbt you can sign up at https://t.co/Wfz9dsmVIs

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

Psst alpha users: you can now reorganize your inbox tabs. Drag your tabs so the mail you actually care about comes first.

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@lukezim very soon!

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

There's something so satisfying to see this and know that nothing needs you right now.

[Bobby Goodlatte @rsg]

A small peek at the details going into our upcoming Sunflower Beta launch:

This is the blank state—when you’ve cleared out your high-signal emails

A 3D sphere coalesces from scattered points. You can play with it, rotate it, tap it

The points on the sphere are arranged in the Fibonacci sequence… which the center disc florets of a sunflower also follow

Look closely at the center of a sunflower and you’ll see this same pattern

We’ll reveal the rest of our new Home tab soon. (it’s changed how I use email) Until then: I’m damn proud of the attention to detail poured into every corner of this app

My co-founder @michaelbrooksjr is the best designer I’ve ever worked with, and @leeadkins the best engineer. We can’t wait to launch this thing 🌻

[Bobby Goodlatte @rsg]

A small peek at the details going into our upcoming Sunflower Beta launch:

This is the blank state—when you’ve cleared out your high-signal emails

A 3D sphere coalesces from scattered points. You can play with it, rotate it, tap it

The points on the sphere are arranged in the Fibonacci sequence… which the center disc florets of a sunflower also follow

Look closely at the center of a sunflower and you’ll see this same pattern

We’ll reveal the rest of our new Home tab soon. (it’s changed how I use email) Until then: I’m damn proud of the attention to detail poured into every corner of this app

My co-founder @michaelbrooksjr is the best designer I’ve ever worked with, and @leeadkins the best engineer. We can’t wait to launch this thing 🌻

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

The best design disappears. You don’t see it, you feel it: in how fast you get through your inbox, in what doesn’t interrupt you, in the quiet you get back.

Sunflower is almost here. Follow along 🌻

[BKW @bkwebster]

@rsg I’ve been using @trysunflower again after a churn and omg man it’s getting SO GOOD.

This sounds nuts to suggest but if you guys made your own email service instead of wrapping GMail I think it’d really shake things up.

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@downeastdev Glad to hear, we have many exciting things coming very soon!

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@MishaalNathani @SuperhumanMail We're launching something cool very soon, stay tuned!

[Lee Adkins @leeadkins]

Been playing with the current required reading of the internet this weekend, Jev.

Here are a few areas related to dynamic UI, optimization, and more forward thinking stuff we're experimenting with for @trysunflower:

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@skylinee Give Sunflower a try! https://t.co/xBKCFTDoOW

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

Your email is not a neutral piece of technology. It's design has potential to deeply shape your thoughts and habits.

Sunflower is built for you, to protect your attention and time.

[Sunflower @trysunflower]

@janinaparker_ @jsngr @geniegetsme @EthanLipnik @retro_mp3 @radiofun8 Appreciate you loads Janina!!