# Marco email client

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Marco email client and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fast offline-first email client for web, iOS and macOS, with no AI. Critics note it is not plain IMAP and the monthly price is high.

## Why people recommend it

- Offline-first architecture (4 comments): "the real win here is probably the offline-first architecture, which solves a genuinely painful problem that most email clients ignore" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47580097)) "an IMAP‑primitive, offline‑first, cross‑platform email client for web, iOS, and macOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46000318)) "We support proper offline-first behaviour and instant push notifications" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080333))
- Fast search and sync (2 comments): "I've got 100k+ threads in my inbox and full text search is single digit ms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45906884)) "The upside is that it's fast... The downside is that it's NOT IMAP!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46734250))
- Works the way email should (2 comments): "What you're describing is exactly the way email should work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45906868)) ""just works" and doesn't jam AI down your throat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45850810))

## What people warn about

- Not plain IMAP, duplicates IMAP (2 comments): "The upside is that it's fast... The downside is that it's NOT IMAP!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46734250)) "why the hell would I sign up for a service that does what email/IMAP does in the first place?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080621))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mozilla Thunderbird](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thunderbird.md): 210 recommend
- [Microsoft Outlook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-outlook.md): 117 recommend
- [Apple Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-mail.md): 57 recommend
- [Penguin Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/penguin-mail.md): 14 recommend
- [GNOME Evolution](https://hackerapproved.com/p/evolution.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://marcoapp.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Marco email client", https://hackerapproved.com/p/marco/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).