Orbit for Mac featured on Product Hunt

Many Google accounts. One quiet window.

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Every account, in its own room

Orbit with seven Google accounts in the sidebar, each with a ⌘ shortcut, and the Google app rail

Built for how you actually work

Isolation

Never the wrong sender

Work, personal, and client accounts stay strangers, so a reply always leaves from the right address.

Work
Personal
Client
Native & light

A real Mac app, not a browser

A 4 MB download that opens instantly. Built with Apple's own tools, so there is no second browser hiding inside. No Chromium, no Electron.

Orbit · Swift
Web wrappers · Electron
All of Workspace

Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Meet, Gemini

Not just mail. Every Google surface opens in the right account context.

Gmail
Gmail
Calendar
Calendar
Drive
Drive
Meet
Meet
Docs
Docs
Sheets
Sheets
Slides
Slides
Gemini
Gemini
No server

Your login stays on your Mac

There is no Orbit account to create and no cloud in the middle. Your sign-ins live on this Mac, so nobody's server outage can sign you out.

  • No sync server
  • No mail relay
  • Keys on this Mac

Private by architecture, not by promise

Orbit has no backend. It is a native Mac app that talks to Google directly, the same way your browser does — each account in its own session, on your machine.

Other apps
You Cloud server Mail

Your session lives on someone else's backend.

Orbit
You This Mac

Nothing to breach, nothing to leak, nothing to sell.

The only one you buy once

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Feature Orbit Shift Mimestream Kiwi Chrome
Accounts stay separate Yes Multiple accounts Optional unified inbox Partial One window per account
Accounts you can add Unlimited Plan-based Unlimited Up to 9 Unlimited
Price $89 once $199/yr $50/yr $60/yr Free
You pay One time Every year Every year Every year Nothing
Private · data stays on your Mac Yes Shift account/sync Yes Yes Synced to Google
Full Workspace
Calendar, Drive, Docs & more
Yes Yes Gmail only Partial In tabs
Free built-in AI (Gemini) Yes Paid tier only No AI No AI Yes
Built for Mac, not a wrapped browser Yes Electron Yes Yes It's the browser

Competitor prices as published, July 2026.

From people who bought it

Does exactly what you want it to do. I've been using it for a couple of days. I've tried a ton that didn't work the way I wanted. Orbit feels like it was built just for me.
Cory Crapes RAEK · Product Hunt review
Switching accounts, opening the wrong inbox, constantly checking which profile I'm in. It gets tiring fast. Orbit keeps every account in one clean place.
Troy Hamthanon Product Hunt review
Working perfectly. One very happy customer here. I have been desperate for an app like this since Mailplane closed down some years ago.
Jonathan Former Mailplane user · Verified buyer
I don't think I have ever purchased an app or program so fast. It just works for me. Looking forward to whatever you release next.
Chris Napier MoneyLease · Verified buyer
When I click an email address anywhere, Orbit opens a compose window and asks which account to send from. Arc just opens a blank window.
Jon Cooper Daily Arc user · Verified buyer

Pay once. It's yours.

Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.

Questions people ask before buying

Is there a real Gmail app for Mac?

Google doesn't make a desktop Gmail app for macOS, so the options are a browser tab, a web wrapper, or a native Mac email client. Orbit is a native macOS app that runs Gmail, Calendar, and Drive for every Google account you add, each in its own window pane. The download is about 4 MB and it does not bundle a copy of Chromium.

How many Gmail accounts can I add?

As many as you want — there is no per-account fee and no seat limit. Each Google account gets its own isolated session, so signing in or out of one account doesn't disturb the others. You switch between them with ⌘1 through ⌘9.

Does Orbit have a unified inbox?

No, and that's deliberate. Orbit keeps each account's inbox separate so a work message never lands next to a personal one and you never reply from the wrong address. If a single merged inbox is what you want, an app like Mimestream is the better fit — we say so plainly in our Mimestream comparison.

Is it a subscription?

No. Orbit is a one-time purchase of $89 for a lifetime licence on your Mac. There is no monthly fee, no per-account pricing, and no renewal. You can try the full app free for 14 days without entering a card.

Does my mail go through your servers?

No. Orbit has no sync server and no mail relay — your Mac talks to Google directly, and your licence key is stored locally. There is no account to create with us and no mailbox of yours sitting on our infrastructure.

What does it need to run?

macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon. Orbit updates itself, and the licence covers the Mac you buy it for.

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