Hirundo For Mac

Members of the Swift community use several mailing lists as the main method of communication, and these are a great resource for discussing the language’s development and other associated topics. However, they are not particularly easy to navigate, making it difficult to access the available information.

Hirundo is a fairly lightweight macOS app that aims to make the whole process a lot more convenient, as it allows you to browse through the Swift mailing lists from a native macOS app, using a simple, intuitive interface.

When you launch the application for the first time, you are asked to load one or more of the available Swift mailing lists. Hirundo uses an SMTP server to cache the conversations throughout the day, allowing you to follow them without having to wait for updates.

There is no need to actually subscribe to the mailing lists, as all the data is provided to all Hirundo users, without requiring an account.

The application’s interface is simple and intuitive, offering many options for customization. You can select mailing lists, search for authors or create complex filters from a convenient side panel, which can be hidden if you have no need for it.

All the threads imported from a mailing list can be sorted by date, rank, subject or author, and you can even mute the ones you are not interested in or search for specific content.

The messages themselves can be displayed continuously, ordered by date, or in a tree format that makes it easier to view replies.

While you cannot send a message to a user directly from Hirundo, it automatically opens your Mail app and inserts the reply headers to make the task as easy as possible.

Also, you can bookmark messages or threads that you wish to revisit at a later date, and they can be placed in user-created folders.

On the whole, Hirundo is a great application for anyone who uses the Swift mailing lists and is looking for an easier way to browse and follow discussions.