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The changelog below reflects new product developments and updates on a monthly basis.
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v0.0.1
2025-07-10

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🎉 Initial Release

Welcome to Relay! Our first beta release brings you the core CLI and Python library for email management.

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🔧 CLI Commands

  • relay accounts add - Connect your email accounts (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, custom IMAP)
  • relay accounts ls - List all connected accounts
  • relay messages ls - Fetch and list recent emails
  • relay messages grep - Search your inbox with powerful text matching
  • relay messages cat - Read full message content and metadata

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🐍 Python Library

  • Import relay in your Python applications
  • Programmatic access to all CLI functionality
  • Clean, intuitive API for email operations
  • Full IMAP/SMTP protocol support under the hood

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🔒 Security & Privacy

  • Local credential storage using OS keychain (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, Linux Secret Service)
  • No data sent to external servers
  • Encrypted credential storage
  • Multi-account support with isolated credential management

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📧 Email Provider Support

  • Gmail (via App Passwords)
  • Custom IMAP/SMTP servers

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🚀 Getting Started

Install with pip install relaycli and run relay accounts add to connect your first inbox. Check out our quickstart guide for a 5-minute setup walkthrough.