I built Leaves 🌿 — an open-source AI assistant that turns emails into scheduled tasks

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I built a productivity app to spend less time using productivity apps 💀

Yep, the irony isn't lost on me.

Emails, tasks, meetings, deadlines... everything lives in a different place. And somehow, organizing all of it becomes another task.

So I built Leaves 🌿

A free, open-source, local-first desktop assistant that helps turn scattered commitments into an actual plan.

📩 Gmail → Tasks: Finds actionable tasks hiding in your emails.
🎯 Smart Prioritization: Scores tasks from 1–10 and explains why.
📅 Calendar Scheduling: Finds free time around meetings, working hours, and breaks.
🔎 Local Search: Indexes your selected notes and documents.
🔐 Local-first: Keeps working data on your device, with credentials stored securely.

The idea?

Less time organizing your life. More time actually living it.

I built Leaves using:

One of the interesting challenges was bundling the Python backend into a standalone macOS app.

No Python, Node.js, or other development tools required to use it.

Leaves is currently available for macOS, completely free and open source.

GitHub: https://github.com/singh-vidyush/Leaves

Install with one command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/singh-vidyush/Leaves/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Note: The app is currently unsigned, and Google integration requires your own OAuth credentials. Setup instructions are in the README.

This is still an early release, and I'd love some genuine feedback.

Try it. Break it. Open an issue. Contribute a PR.

Or just tell me what you'd change.

One question: Would you trust an AI assistant to schedule tasks from your emails automatically, or would you prefer approving them first?

I'm genuinely curious.

Leaves 🌿 — Less planning. More living.

Now go touch some grass. :)