Why privacy tools shouldn't need your password: building a local-first email analyzer

说明与用途

Paperweight 是一个本地优先的桌面应用，完全在用户设备上扫描和清理邮箱，避免将数据发送到外部服务器，提升隐私和 GDPR 合规性。

问题

Inbox cleanup services often require full cloud access, exposing user emails and personal data to third parties.

结果

Paperweight eliminates the need to share email data with external servers, reducing privacy risks while enabling effective inbox cleanup and GDPR compliance.

工作流

• Install Paperweight desktop app
• Connect email account via IMAP or OAuth
• App scans inbox locally and indexes metadata in SQLite
• Classification engine applies regex and phrase lexicons to identify newsletters, receipts, and unsubscribe links
• User reviews classified emails and bulk unsubscribes or requests GDPR deletions
• All data remains on local device

证据

All processing happens directly on your machine. No emails or personal data ever touch external servers.

来源

The entire codebase is 100% MIT-licensed on GitHub, where it recently passed 300 stars.

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