# Folo (open-source email and calendar app)

> Folo is a free, open-source email and calendar app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Folo is an open-source AI RSS reader that brings everything you follow into one calm timeline, then helps you read it. It has 39,072 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0 license.

Folo is an open-source AI RSS reader that brings everything you follow into one calm timeline, then helps you read it. Follow blogs, news sites, newsletters, podcasts, video channels and social feeds in one place, ask AI about what you read, get a digest of your day, and let summaries and translations do the heavy lifting.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/RSSNext/Folo |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 39,072 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | https://app.folo.is |
| Official | no |
| Category | Email & calendar |
| Latest release | desktop/v1.15.0 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

### Homebrew (macOS)

```sh
brew install --cask folo
```

Package page: https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/folo

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/folo-appimage

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