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Self-hosted alternatives to Spark

Spark is an email app from Readdle that sorts mail with a smart inbox and works with Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Exchange, Yahoo and IMAP accounts. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.

Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Spark describes on its own site.

  • heyflare Imbox with a Screener notice, new and previously seen threads, and the tray sidebar

    HEY-style email client for Gmail, Outlook, IMAP and custom-domain mailboxes, with a built-in AI assistant

    Deploy
    One-click
    License
    MIT
    GitHub stars
    27 stars
    Last commit

Spark features, app by app

Featureheyflare
Smart Inbox that separates newsletters and notificationsYes
Gatekeeper that screens unwanted sendersYes
AI assistant that finds, summarizes and drafts mailYes
Snooze and send laterPartly
Several accounts in one appYes
CalendarYes
Team collaboration on shared inboxesNo

HEY-style email client for Gmail, Outlook, IMAP and custom-domain mailboxes, with a built-in AI assistant

What a Spark user would miss
It serves a single owner with no shared inboxes, and the AI features need your own model API key.
What it adds
It also adds contacts, tracking pixel blocking, tasks and a journal, and runs in your own Cloudflare account.
  • Yes Smart Inbox that separates newsletters and notifications. Imbox, The Feed and Paper Trail separate people, newsletters and receipts.
  • Yes Gatekeeper that screens unwanted senders. The Screener holds first-time senders until you decide, across all accounts.
  • Yes AI assistant that finds, summarizes and drafts mail. Built-in agent searches, summarizes and drafts replies, and you press Send.
  • Partly Snooze and send later. Snooze with presets and Reply Later, no scheduled send listed.
  • Yes Several accounts in one app. Gmail and Outlook over OAuth, IMAP and SMTP accounts and custom-domain mailboxes in one inbox.
  • Yes Calendar. Google Calendar sync, .ics feeds and its own calendars.
  • No Team collaboration on shared inboxes. One deployment serves a single owner.

Sources:github.com/doable-team/heyflare#featuresgithub.com/doable-team/heyflare#built-in-ai-agentworkersnative.directory/api/apps/heyflare