# Inbox Zero

> Open-source AI email assistant for Gmail and Outlook. Organize mail, draft replies in your writing style, automate inbox rules, block cold emails, bulk-unsubscribe from newsletters, and view email analytics. Available as a hosted product or self-hosted application.

## When to use this

Use Inbox Zero for inbox triage with natural-language rules, drafting replies in the user's voice, newsletter cleanup, cold email blocking, email volume and response-time analytics, calendar-aware drafting and meeting context, or managing mail from Slack or Telegram. It works alongside Gmail and Outlook.

Prefer the hosted product for most users. Self-host when data residency or private infrastructure is required. Connect assistants through MCP; use the public HTTP API for scripts and HTTP clients when enabled.

## Product and setup

- [Product overview](https://www.getinboxzero.com/): features and signup.
- [Pricing](https://www.getinboxzero.com/pricing): free email app, paid AI plans, billing periods, and features.
- [Getting started](https://docs.getinboxzero.com/essentials/getting-started): connect a mailbox and configure email automation.
- [Documentation](https://docs.getinboxzero.com/): product guides and integration reference.
- [Self-hosting](https://docs.getinboxzero.com/hosting/self-hosting): deploy on your own infrastructure.

## Agent and developer interfaces

- [Mailbox MCP server](https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp): Streamable HTTP with OAuth; search and read mail, create drafts, manage rules, and read statistics. Standard access does not send mail; sending requires separate per-app approval of the mcp:send scope.
- [Connect MCP](https://docs.getinboxzero.com/essentials/mcp): connect an assistant and authorize mailbox access with Google or Microsoft sign-in.
- [MCP reference](https://docs.getinboxzero.com/api-reference/mcp): OAuth discovery, S256 PKCE, scopes, and self-hosted configuration.
- [OpenAPI schema](https://www.getinboxzero.com/openapi.json): machine-readable public HTTP API contract for statistics, rules, and sender unsubscribe.
- [API authentication and quickstart](https://docs.getinboxzero.com/api-reference/introduction): create an account-scoped API key in Settings and use the API-Key header with the required scopes.
- [Documentation index](https://docs.getinboxzero.com/llms.txt): additional documentation pages for agents; documentation search is separate from mailbox access.
- [Homepage](https://www.getinboxzero.com/): also available as Markdown with the Accept: text/markdown request header.
- [Sitemap](https://www.getinboxzero.com/sitemap.xml): public pages for discovery.

## Source and support

- [GitHub](https://github.com/elie222/inbox-zero): source code and issue tracker.
- [Support](mailto:support@getinboxzero.com): product help.