{"slug": "postcard-is-a-new-email-client-for-gnome-built-with-ai", "title": "Postcard is a new email client for GNOME, built with AI", "summary": "Postcard, a new email client for GNOME built in Python with GTK4/libadwaita, was released by solo developer gxanshu on GitHub, who used AI coding tools to create the app. The client features a Geary-like multi-column design, uses imaplib and smtplib for networking, a local SQLite index for searching, WebKitGTK for HTML rendering, and libsecret for password storage.", "body_md": "Postcard is a new email client for GNOME that has echoes of Geary. The app is the work of a solo developer, gxanshu on GitHub, who is upfront about using AI coding tools to bring his “modern mail client” to life. Postcard is built in Python with GTK4/libadwait. It uses imaplib and smtplib for networking, a local SQLite index for searching, WebKitGTK for rendering HTML and libsecret for keeping passwords safe. Postcard will look familiar to fans of Geary, another GTK email client, as it uses a similar multi-column design with folder in a (resizable) sidebar on the left, a message list […]\n\nYou're reading [Postcard is a new email client for GNOME, built with AI](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/postcard-gnome-email-client), a blog post from [OMG! Ubuntu](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk). Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postcard-is-a-new-email-client-for-gnome-built-with-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/postcard-gnome-email-client", "published_at": "2026-08-22 02:05:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-22 02:12:46.399965+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Postcard", "GNOME", "gxanshu", "Geary", "Python", "GTK4", "libadwaita", "WebKitGTK"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postcard-is-a-new-email-client-for-gnome-built-with-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postcard-is-a-new-email-client-for-gnome-built-with-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postcard-is-a-new-email-client-for-gnome-built-with-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postcard-is-a-new-email-client-for-gnome-built-with-ai.jsonld"}}