--- title: Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client... description: Melia is a new desktop email client built exclusively for Linux, emphasizing privacy and local-first storage. Emails are stored in a SQLite database,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-melia-a-privacy-first-modern-desktop-email-client-made-just-for-linux-jrezgcmsv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux | daily.dev og:description: Melia is a new desktop email client built exclusively for Linux, emphasizing privacy and local-first storage. Emails are stored in a SQLite database,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-melia-a-privacy-first-modern-desktop-email-client-made-just-for-linux-jrezgcmsv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jReZgcMSv.png og:image:alt: Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 7 min read · 13 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Melia is a new desktop email client built exclusively for Linux, emphasizing privacy and local-first storage. Emails are stored in a SQLite database, credentials in the OS keyring, and the app features zero telemetry. Key privacy features include tracking pixel neutralization, SPF/DKIM/DMARC authentication, automatic suspicious sender flagging, and a real-time connection monitor. It supports 32+ email providers, offers unified full-text search, contact management, and inbox rules. Built on Electron, it ships as a Deb, AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak. It is not open source and costs $10 to add multiple accounts beyond the first. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@axmad** · 2 upvotes > Interesting concept, but building a 'privacy-first' app on Electron is a red flag you're shipping a full Chromium instance just to read emails. Add closed-source code and a paywall for multiple accounts, and it's hard to trust the privacy claims. Thunderbird is less pretty but at least you can audit it. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I Gave Desktop Email Clients Another Shot and This New App Delivered](https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-desktop-email-clients-another-shot-and-this-new-app-delivered-kiy5sdo0n) · It's Foss · 70 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#sqlite](https://daily.dev/tags/sqlite), [#electron](https://daily.dev/tags/electron) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-melia-a-privacy-first-modern-desktop-email-client-made-just-for-linux-jrezgcmsv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meet-melia-a-privacy-first-modern-desktop-email-client-made-just-for-linux-jrezgcmsv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meet-melia-a-privacy-first-modern-desktop-email-client-made-just-for-linux-jrezgcmsv"},"datePublished":"2026-06-08T06:46:16.932Z","dateModified":"2026-06-08T06:46:44.188Z","description":"Melia is a new desktop email client built exclusively for Linux, emphasizing privacy and local-first storage. 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