Zero

Fully open-source (MIT license), self-hostable AI email client

What Zero does

  • Fully open-source (MIT license), self-hostable AI email client
  • AI agents/LLMs built into the mail workflow, not bolted on
  • 10.7k+ GitHub stars, active 2025-2026 development

Zero — straight answers

What is Zero?

Zero is listed under Email, Scheduling & Tasks, in the Productivity & Workflow category on Flocci AI Tools. Fully open-source (MIT license), self-hostable AI email client. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at 0.email.

Is Zero free?

Zero is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 115 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

What can Zero do?

Zero does 3 things the catalog singles out: Fully open-source (mit license), self-hostable ai email client; ai agents/llms built into the mail workflow, not bolted on; 10.7k+ github stars, active 2025-2026 development.

What is the best free alternative to Zero?

Inbox Zero is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Email, Scheduling & Tasks sub-category and is free tier + paid plans. Reclaim.ai, Shortwave and Taskade also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Superhuman

Email, Scheduling & Tasks
trial
  • The fastest AI email experience
  • AI drafting, triage and summaries
  • Split inbox and follow-up reminders
  • Free trial

Shortwave

Email, Scheduling & Tasks
freemium
  • AI email assistant for Gmail
  • Auto-summaries, drafting and search
  • AI agents and scheduling
  • Free tier

Reclaim.ai

Email, Scheduling & Tasks
freemium
  • Auto-schedules tasks, habits and breaks
  • Defends focus time on your calendar
  • Smart meeting and 1:1 scheduling
  • Free plan

Motion

Email, Scheduling & Tasks
trial
  • AI planner that auto-builds your day
  • Combines tasks, calendar and projects
  • Reprioritizes as things change
  • Free trial

Taskade

Email, Scheduling & Tasks
freemium
  • AI agents that run projects and tasks
  • Notes, mind-maps and workflows in one
  • Team collaboration and automations
  • Free plan

Fyxer

Email, Scheduling & Tasks
trial
  • Drafts email replies matching your personal writing style
  • Combines inbox triage + AI meeting notetaker + scheduling in one tool
  • Fyxer Chat searches across inbox and meeting notes together

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