GoKawiilBAREMAIL ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ
Email's bare necessities. A minimalist Gmail client for low-bandwidth environments — airplane wifi, rural connections, developing regions, or any situation where Gmail's full interface is too heavy.
ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ BAREMAIL ── email's bare necessities ──
What is BAREMAIL?
BAREMAIL is a Progressive Web App that talks directly to the Gmail API. The entire app shell is under 200KB gzipped, cached by a service worker, and then the only network traffic is Gmail API JSON — the UI itself costs zero bytes on repeat visits.
App shell: ~60KB gzipped (Preact + HTM + your styles and logic)
gzipped (Preact + HTM + your styles and logic) Inbox load: ~3-5KB of API data for 25 messages
of API data for 25 messages Single email: ~1-3KB for a typical text message
for a typical text message Offline-first: read cached emails, compose and queue messages with no connection
read cached emails, compose and queue messages with no connection Zero-install: works in any modern browser, installable as a PWA
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