Coming soon · building in the open

Your email,
finally yours.

Doota is an email app you run yourself. Every conversation reads like a chat, simple and personal — and while your inbox lives on your own address, not someone else's servers.

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Shivam Meena

3 messages · Product

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Can you send the Q3 deck before the sync?

Sending now — scheduled it for 9:00 so it lands first thing.

Perfect, thank you 🙌

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What happens when someone emails you.

Nothing to run, nothing to babysit. Their message simply arrives and turns into a conversation you own.

01

Mail arrives

Someone sends an email to your address.

02

Cloudflare receives it

It arrives safely through Cloudflare.

03

Doota sorts it

Doota tidies it into a conversation and locks it up.

04

You read it

You open it like any chat. Nothing to manage.

An email client that thinks like a chat app.

Here's everything Doota does — built for one person first, with just enough sharing to keep your conversations flowing.

01

Threads, not folders

Every conversation is one simple timeline of messages, just like a chat app — and it still works perfectly with Gmail, Outlook, and everyone else.

02

Runs on your own account

It runs on your own Cloudflare account. No outside servers ever sit in the middle of your email.

03

Private by default

Your messages are locked with strong encryption, so you — and only you — can read them.

04

Undo & scheduled send

See exactly when a message sends, delivers, or bounces. Change your mind and undo a send, or schedule one for later.

05

Hide-my-email aliases

Create extra addresses on your domain to hide your real one. Point them wherever you like, and switch them off anytime.

06

Open source, end to end

Free and open source. Read it, run it, change it. No subscriptions, no per-seat fees, no lock-in.

Not a subscription. No monthly fees, no limits, no lock-in.

You run Doota once, for your all domains. Your original emails are always kept whole and untouched — so nothing ever gets locked away, and nothing gets lost.

Questions, answered.

The short version. Fuller guides land with the docs.

What exactly is Doota?

An email app you host yourself. You get a private inbox on your own address, where every conversation looks and feels like a chat instead of a cluttered mailbox.

Where does the name come from?

Doota (say DOO-tah) means messenger. It carries your words from you to whoever you write to, and back again, on a setup that belongs entirely to you.

Do I need to be technical to use it?

Setting it up takes a bit of technical comfort today, since it runs on your own Cloudflare account. Once it is running, using it is as easy as any email app. Friendly step-by-step guides are on the way.

How much does it cost?

Doota itself is free and open source. You only pay Cloudflare for what you use, which is little to nothing for a personal inbox.

Is my email really private?

Yes. Everything runs on your own account, and your messages are encrypted so only you can read them. No company sits in the middle reading along.

Can I still email people on Gmail or Outlook?

Of course. Doota is normal email underneath, so you can write to anyone, and anyone can write back to you.

When does it launch?

Soon. It is being built in the open right now. Star the project on GitHub to follow along and hear the moment it is ready.

Watch it come together.

It's public and moving fast. Star it on GitHub to follow along until launch.

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