Blog
Updates, dev logs, and deep dives from the Spondr team.
Local-First: What It Actually Means for Email
Local-first gets used a lot. Most of the time it means your data lives on your machine first and the cloud is used as needed. Here's what it means for Spondr, and why the distinction matters.
Why Linux Still Doesn't Have a Great Gmail Client
Linux users have been making do with email software that treats Gmail as an afterthought for years. Here's why the gap exists and what the real story is.
What Building a Gmail Client for Linux Forces You to Care About
Building Spondr turned a simple product idea into a pile of hard opinions about sync, local-first speed, security, and what native software quality actually means.
Why I'm Building Spondr
I switched to Linux, tried every email client, and none of them worked the way I needed. So I started building my own.