Orbit Communicator
Integrated cross-platform email, calendar and messaging client·orbit.madpenguin.uk
Orbit Communicator is a free, fully-featured email client with an integrated calendar (including Google Calendar sync), contact manager, automatic signature generator, rules-based message processing, reminders, workflow tools, personal asset management, instant full-text search, and PGP signature recognition. It handles messaging via IMAP and SMTP, treating the cloud as a read-only data source while storing all data locally. It is designed for power users on large, high-resolution screens running Linux or macOS, and is built on the open-source Orbit Framework using Vue.js, Pinia, and Python.
What it's for
Features 15
- Automatic rules-based message processing
- Automatic signature templates / generator
- Browsing emails by attachment thumbnail
- Browsing emails by contact
- Contact manager
- Delivery tracking
- IMAP and SMTP messaging support
- Instant full-text searching
- Integrated calendar with Google Calendar sync
- Local data storage (no cloud backend component)
- Personal asset management (linking emails to services/assets)
- PGP signature recognition
- Reactive UI built on Orbit Framework (Vue.js, Pinia, Python backend)
- Reminders
- Workflow tools
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Described as 'FREE fully-featured email client'; no paid plans or pricing tiers are available.