How to Build Your Own Superhuman
Replace Superhuman with a custom build. The fastest email experience ever made
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 41 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 41 features
AI Features(5 features)
Automatically draft emails using AI based on context and tone preferences.
AI intelligently surfaces the most important emails based on your behavior.
Complete sentences and suggestions powered by AI while typing.
Advanced AI-powered spam filtering to keep your inbox clean.
Get AI-generated summaries of long email conversations.
Organization(5 features)
Create complex rules to automatically organize and process incoming emails.
Organize emails with customizable labels and hierarchical structures.
Temporarily hide emails and have them reappear at a specified time.
Separate important emails from newsletters and notifications automatically.
Quickly unsubscribe from unwanted mailing lists with one click.
Analytics(3 features)
View detailed stats on response rates, open rates, and email patterns.
Track progress toward inbox zero with visual metrics and goals.
View team-wide email metrics and performance insights.
Customization(3 features)
Create personalized email views based on custom filtering criteria.
Reduce eye strain with a fully-featured dark theme.
Create and manage multiple email signatures with easy switching.
Navigation(2 features)
Access all actions through a fast command search interface.
Execute email actions with customizable keyboard shortcuts for maximum efficiency.
Safety(2 features)
Get alerted if you mention attachments but forget to include them.
Recall emails within a configurable window after sending.
Scheduling(2 features)
Schedule emails to send at specific times and dates.
Schedule emails to send at optimal times for recipient engagement.
Security(2 features)
Send encrypted emails with password protection and expiration dates.
Secure your account with two-factor authentication options.
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DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 41 features at very easy complexity.