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<h1 align="center">Inbox Zero - your 24/7 AI email assistant</h1>
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Organizes your inbox, pre-drafts replies, and tracks follow‑ups - so you reach inbox zero faster. Open source alternative to Fyxer, but more customisable and secure.
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## Mission
To help you spend less time in your inbox, so you can focus on what matters.
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## Features
- **AI Personal Assistant:** Organizes your inbox and pre-drafts replies in your tone and style.
- **Cursor Rules for email:** Explain in plain English how your AI should handle your inbox.
- **Reply Zero:** Track emails to reply to and those awaiting responses.
- **Smart Categories:** Automatically categorize every sender.
- **Bulk Unsubscriber:** One-click unsubscribe and archive emails you never read.
- **Cold Email Blocker:** Auto‑block cold emails.
- **Email Analytics:** Track your activity and trends over time.
Learn more in our [docs](https://docs.getinboxzero.com).
## Feature Screenshots
|  |  |
| :------------------------------------------------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------: |
| _AI Assistant_ | _Reply Zero_ |
|  |  |
| _Gmail client_ | _Bulk Unsubscriber_ |
## Demo Video
[](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfvKvTHBjG0)
## Built with
- [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/)
- [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)
- [shadcn/ui](https://ui.shadcn.com/)
- [Prisma](https://www.prisma.io/)
- [Upstash](https://upstash.com/)
- [Turborepo](https://turbo.build/)
## Star History
[](https://www.star-history.com/#elie222/inbox-zero&Date)
## Feature Requests
To request a feature open a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/elie222/inbox-zero/issues), or join our [Discord](https://www.getinboxzero.com/discord).
## Getting Started for Developers
We offer a hosted version of Inbox Zero at [https://getinboxzero.com](https://getinboxzero.com). To self-host follow the steps below.
### Self-Hosting with Docker on VPS
For a complete guide on deploying Inbox Zero to a VPS using Docker, see our [Docker Self-Hosting Guide](docs/hosting/docker.md).
### Setup
[Here's a video](https://youtu.be/hVQENQ4WT2Y) on how to set up the project. It covers the same steps mentioned in this document. But goes into greater detail on setting up the external services.
### Requirements
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) >= 18.0.0
- [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/) >= 8.6.12
- [Docker desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) (recommended but optional)
Make sure you have the above installed before starting.
The external services that are required are (detailed setup instructions below):
- [Google OAuth](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials)
- [Google PubSub](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudpubsub/topic/list)
### Updating .env file: secrets
Create your own `.env` file from the example supplied:
```bash
cp apps/web/.env.example apps/web/.env
cd apps/web
pnpm install
```
Set the environment variables in the newly created `.env`. You can see a list of required variables in: `apps/web/env.ts`.
The required environment variables:
- `AUTH_SECRET` -- can be any random string (try using `openssl rand -hex 32` for a quick secure random string)
- `EMAIL_ENCRYPT_SECRET` -- Secret key for encrypting OAuth tokens (try using `openssl rand -hex 32` for a secure key)
- `EMAIL_ENCRYPT_SALT` -- Salt for encrypting OAuth tokens (try using `openssl rand -hex 16` for a secure salt)
- `NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL` -- The URL where your app is hosted (e.g., `http://localhost:3000` for local development or `https://yourdomain.com` for production).
- `INTERNAL_API_KEY` -- A secret key for internal API calls (try using `openssl rand -hex 32` for a secure key)
- `UPSTASH_REDIS_URL` -- Redis URL from Upstash. (can be empty if you are using Docker Compose)
- `UPSTASH_REDIS_TOKEN` -- Redis token from Upstash. (or specify your own random string if you are using Docker Compose)
When using Vercel with Fluid Compute turned off, you should set `MAX_DURATION=300` or lower. See Vercel limits for different plans [here](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/configuring-functions/duration#duration-limits).
### Updating .env file with Google OAuth credentials:
- `GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID` -- Google OAuth client ID. More info [here](https://next-auth.js.org/providers/google)
- `GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET` -- Google OAuth client secret. More info [here](https://next-auth.js.org/providers/google)
Go to [Google Cloud](https://console.cloud.google.com/). Create a new project if necessary.
Create [new credentials](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials):
1. If the banner shows up, configure **consent screen** (if not, you can do this later)
1. Click the banner, then Click `Get Started`.
2. Choose a name for your app, and enter your email.
3. In Audience, choose `External`
4. Enter your contact information
5. Agree to the User Data policy and then click `Create`.
6. Return to APIs and Services using the left sidebar.
2. Create new [credentials](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials):
1. Click the `+Create Credentials` button. Choose OAuth Client ID.
2. In `Application Type`, Choose `Web application`
3. Choose a name for your web client
4. In Authorized JavaScript origins, add a URI and enter `http://localhost:3000`
5. In `Authorized redirect URIs` enter:
- `http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google`
- `http://localhost:3000/api/google/linking/callback`
6. Click `Create`.
7. A popup will show up with the new credentials, including the Client ID and secret.
3. Update .env file:
1. Copy the Client ID to `GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID`
2. Copy the Client secret to `GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET`
4. Update [scopes](https://console.cloud.google.com/auth/scopes)
1. Go to `Data Access` in the left sidebar (or click link above)
2. Click `Add or remove scopes`
3. Copy paste the below into the `Manually add scopes` box:
```plaintext
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.basic
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts
```
4. Click `Update`
5. Click `Save` in the Data Access page.
5. Add yourself as a test user
1. Go to [Audience](https://console.cloud.google.com/auth/audience)
2. In the `Test users` section, click `+Add users`
3. Enter your email and press `Save`
6. Enable Google People API in [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/product/google/people.googleapis.com)
### Updating .env file with Microsoft OAuth credentials:
- `MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID` -- Microsoft OAuth client ID
- `MICROSOFT_CLIENT_SECRET` -- Microsoft OAuth client secret
Go to [Microsoft Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/). Create a new Azure Active Directory app registration:
1. Navigate to Azure Active Directory
2. Go to "App registrations" in the left sidebar or search it in the searchbar
3. Click "New registration"
1. Choose a name for your application
2. Under "Supported account types" select "Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Azure AD directory - Multitenant) and personal Microsoft accounts (e.g. Skype, Xbox)"
3. Set the Redirect URI:
- Platform: Web
- URL: `http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/microsoft`
4. Click "Register"
5. In the "Manage" menu click "Authentication (Preview)"
6. Add the Redirect URI: `http://localhost:3000/api/outlook/linking/callback`
4. Get your credentials:
1. The "Application (client) ID" shown is your `MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID`
2. To get your client secret:
- Click "Certificates & secrets" in the left sidebar
- Click "New client secret"
- Add a description and choose an expiry
- Click "Add"
- Copy the secret Value (not the ID) - this is your `MICROSOFT_CLIENT_SECRET`
5. Configure API permissions:
1. In the "Manage" menu click "API permissions" in the left sidebar
2. Click "Add a permission"
3. Select "Microsoft Graph"
4. Select "Delegated permissions"
5. Add the following permissions:
- openid
- profile
- email
- User.Read
- offline_access
- Mail.ReadWrite
- Mail.Send
- Mail.ReadBasic
- Mail.Read
- Mail.Read.Shared
- MailboxSettings.ReadWrite
- Contacts.ReadWrite
6. Click "Add permissions"
7. Click "Grant admin consent" if you're an admin
6. Update your .env file with the credentials:
```plaintext
MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id_here
MICROSOFT_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret_here
```
### Updating .env file with LLM parameters
You need to set an LLM, but you can use a local one too:
- [Anthropic](https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys)
- [OpenAI](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys)
- AWS Bedrock Anthropic
- Google Gemini
- Groq Llama 3.3 70B
- Ollama (local)
For the LLM, you can use Anthropic, OpenAI, or Anthropic on AWS Bedrock. You
can also use Ollama by setting the following enviroment variables:
```sh
OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434/api
NEXT_PUBLIC_OLLAMA_MODEL=phi3
```
Note: If you need to access Ollama hosted locally and the application is running on Docker setup, you can use `http://host.docker.internal:11434/api` as the base URL. You might also need to set `OLLAMA_HOST` to `0.0.0.0` in the Ollama configuration file.
You can select the model you wish to use in the app on the `/settings` page of the app.
If you are using local ollama, you can set it to be default:
```sh
DEFAULT_LLM_PROVIDER=ollama
```
If this is the case you must also set the `ECONOMY_LLM_PROVIDER` environment variable.
### Redis and Postgres
We use Postgres for the database.
For Redis, you can use [Upstash Redis](https://upstash.com/) or set up your own Redis instance.
You can run Postgres & Redis locally using `docker-compose`
```bash
docker-compose up -d # -d will run the services in the background
```
### Running the app
To run the migrations:
```bash
pnpm prisma migrate dev
```
To run the app locally for development (slower):
```bash
pnpm run dev
```
Or from the project root:
```bash
turbo dev
```
To build and run the app locally in production mode (faster):
```bash
pnpm run build
pnpm start
```
Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) to view the app in your browser.
### Premium
Many features are available only to premium users. To upgrade yourself, make yourself an admin in the `.env`: `ADMINS=hello@gmail.com`
Then upgrade yourself at: [http://localhost:3000/admin](http://localhost:3000/admin).
### Set up push notifications via Google PubSub to handle emails in real time
Follow instructions [here](https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides/push).
1. [Create a topic](https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides/push#create_a_topic)
2. [Create a subscription](https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides/push#create_a_subscription)
3. [Grant publish rights on your topic](https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides/push#grant_publish_rights_on_your_topic)
Set env var `GOOGLE_PUBSUB_TOPIC_NAME`.
When creating the subscription select Push and the url should look something like: `https://www.getinboxzero.com/api/google/webhook?token=TOKEN` or `https://abc.ngrok-free.app/api/google/webhook?token=TOKEN` where the domain is your domain. Set `GOOGLE_PUBSUB_VERIFICATION_TOKEN` in your `.env` file to be the value of `TOKEN`.
To run in development ngrok can be helpful:
```sh
ngrok http 3000
# or with an ngrok domain to keep your endpoint stable (set `XYZ`):
ngrok http --domain=XYZ.ngrok-free.app 3000
```
And then update the webhook endpoint in the [Google PubSub subscriptions dashboard](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudpubsub/subscription/list).
To start watching emails visit: `/api/watch/all`
### Watching for email updates
Set a cron job to run these:
The Google watch is necessary. Others are optional.
```json
"crons": [
{
"path": "/api/watch/all",
"schedule": "0 1 * * *"
},
{
"path": "/api/resend/summary/all",
"schedule": "0 16 * * 1"
},
{
"path": "/api/reply-tracker/disable-unused-auto-draft",
"schedule": "0 3 * * *"
}
]
```
[Here](https://vercel.com/guides/how-to-setup-cron-jobs-on-vercel#alternative-cron-providers) are some easy ways to run cron jobs. Upstash is a free, easy option. I could never get the Vercel `vercel.json`. Open to PRs if you find a fix for that.
### Docker Build Instructions
When building the Docker image, you **must** specify your `NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL` as a build argument. This is because Next.js embeds `NEXT_PUBLIC_*` variables at build time, not runtime.
### Building the Docker image
```bash
# For production with your custom domain
docker build \
--build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL="https://your-domain.com" \
-t inbox-zero \
-f docker/Dockerfile.prod .
# For local development (default)
docker build -t inbox-zero -f docker/Dockerfile.prod .
```
### Running the container
After building, run the container with your runtime secrets:
```bash
docker run -p 3000:3000 \
-e DATABASE_URL="your-database-url" \
-e AUTH_SECRET="your-auth-secret" \
-e GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID="your-google-client-id" \
-e GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET="your-google-client-secret" \
# ... other runtime environment variables
inbox-zero
```
**Important:** If you need to change `NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL`, you must rebuild the Docker image. It cannot be changed at runtime.
For more detailed Docker build instructions and security considerations, see [docker/DOCKER_BUILD_GUIDE.md](docker/DOCKER_BUILD_GUIDE.md).
### Calendar integrations
*Note:* The calendar integration feature is a work in progress.
#### Google Calendar
1. Visit: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library
2. Search for "Google Calendar API"
3. Click on it and then click "Enable"
4. Visit: [credentials](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials):
1. Click on your project
2. In `Authorized redirect URIs` add:
- `http://localhost:3000/api/google/calendar/callback`
## Contributing to the project
You can view open tasks in our [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/elie222/inbox-zero/issues).
Join our [Discord](https://www.getinboxzero.com/discord) to discuss tasks and check what's being worked on.
[ARCHITECTURE.md](./ARCHITECTURE.md) explains the architecture of the project (LLM generated).
