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Nikhil Basu Trivedi
Umuse — The universal inbox for all of your email and chat messages.
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Umuse is your universal inbox. It combines all of your email and chat messages into one Facebook-like feed. Optimized for message volume and designed for speed, Umuse integrates with Gmail and Slack to give you one view into your digital conversations at work.

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ali mirza
Seems like a great product to manage my communications. The fewer places I have to go check, the better.
David Rathmann
Maker
@alimirza2k Thanks, Ali! We'd love any additional feedback you can share!
David Rathmann
Maker
Hello Product Hunt Community and thanks for hunting us, Nikhil. I’m Dave Rathmann, Founder and VP of Product at Umuse. We’ve built a workplace communication tool that brings together email and chat together in one Facebook-like feed with the goal of helping the average business user manage message overload. If you’re a Gmail and Slack user for example, you can download Umuse to bring your separate message streams together in one clean, simple interface that’s powered by smart technology and designed for speed. The goal is to give you one place to stay on top of all of your communication at work. We currently support Gmail and Slack and plan to add additional channels like text and social in the future. It’s removed a lot of the communication clutter from our work days and hope it does for you too. We’re excited to show you what we’ve built. Please download (it’s free!) and let us know if you have any feedback, comments, or questions.
ali mirza
@drathm Thanks for sharing.. BTW quick questions.. is this for companies and teams? or for freelancers as well? or both??
David Rathmann
Maker
@alimirza2k Hi Ali - good question. Both. We've built Umuse for the individual at work who has too many channels and messages to manage. Users and teams have been liking the Feed to put all of their messages in one place. And freelancers have been liking having all of their channels in one place.
ali mirza
@drathm Yes that's what I thought.. I am a Social Media Freelancer/Consultant and something like this can be a huge time saver. One place to manage all of my client communication + personal emails.
David Rathmann
Maker
Awesome - that's the goal. Hope we can give you some more time back in your day!
Nick Lekuona
Dived down to try Umuse in search of a cure for my messaging overload; unfortunately couldn't find it as it only supports (as of today) Gmail and Slack accounts. Will wait until further development is done as my needs include, on top of Gmail and Slack, Exchange, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, generic IMAP and POP3, Hangouts, Skype, Whatsapp, Telegram and Messenger. Yep, a mess. In the time Umuse rises to the challenge, I'll keep managing with Airmail and Franz...
David Rathmann
Maker
@nicklekuona Hi Nick - thanks for the feedback and for giving us a try. We do have plans to add additional integrations - Gmail + Slack is just our jumping off point. Which of the channels you've listed are causing your biggest pain points - or is it all of the above? Again, thanks for trying us out! We hope to eventually help you find a cure for message overload!
Chris Traganos

I've been using Umuse for the last few months and am blown away by the approach to messaging and email. I often struggle to keep track of chat and questions asked in Slack. In addition, email piles on notification overload to my daily process.

With Umuse, I've been able to stay on top of passive inquiries, colleague conversations, and emails.

Looking forward to the Umuse roadmap and keeping on top of my messages!

Pros:

Easy to manage inbox zero for both chat and email

Cons:

Only available on desktop

Brian Simmons
Great product to not only consolidate my email and slack but it saves me time by showing me what is important so I can focus. Excited to see what is next in this product.
David Rathmann
Maker
@brian_simmons Thanks so much for the feedback, Brian.
Jesse Lakes

I love the concept and the team behind it is a bunch of rockstars. As someone who spends a lot of time in Slack and Mail it makes a ton of sense to combine these two. The challenge for me was working through some old habits that were very email specific. But that didn't take too long.

Pros:

Clean, thoughtful, they paid attention to the details.

Cons:

A bit of a challenge to rewire my habits around email and Slack.

Jake Kushner
?makers What happened to Umuse? Seems like it shut down. Currently have 3 email accounts and 8 slack domains plz send help haha
Michael A. Manuri

I've been using it for months and find it to be very easy to navigate through the emails. I do like it. Would love to see more Updates.

Pros:

Layout is easy on the eye and drilling through the Inbox

Cons:

Needs a 'Mark As Spam' button, faster load times and.....maybe the ability to set filters a la Outlook or Thunderbird?

Suzanne Garcia Mateus

so far so good. :)

Pros:

it places all my important email way at the top

Cons:

it doesnt directly connect to google drive

Tracy

I'm in love with Umuse. The program is elegant and easy to use. The clean lines are easy on the eyes. While I haven't, as of yet, fully embraced the productivity possibilities, I'm excited to find better ways to manage communications with Umuse. I have used Umuse for over six months and highly recommend the program and the people behind it.

Pros:

Clean and Elegant design, Intuitive and easy to use, phenominal team behind the concept.

Cons:

I need a "ding" when emails and slacks come in.

Jacob Gray

I've been using this application for a few weeks now and have really enjoyed it. After getting fed up with Windows 10's default email app and it's constant deleting drafts and inability to auto-fill contacts, I went searching for a better desktop client. I found what I was looking for in uMuse.

Pros:

Clean, fast, searchable

Cons:

No font customization(yet), some clients not available

Carolyn Sue Jantzen Mateus

I love being organized

Pros:

great tool

Cons:

Too early to say