Hylki exists to fill a need in the Linux desktop community for a modern, GNOME-native email client that doesn't sacrifice aesthetics for features.
The project has the fol 3211 lowing foundational values that guide its development:
- Hylki is committed to free and open source software. Hylki will never be for sale and is committed to remaining that way through our AGPLv3 license adherence.
- This project is community-driven and committed to putting humans at the center of everything we do. Our aim is to improve the lives of our users and the Linux desktop as a whole.
- We are committed to GNOME-first development ensuring 100% compatibility with the latest GNOME release. This app was conceived for GNOME and it will remain the desktop environment we target primarily.
- Aesthetics matter as much as features. Hylki should make using email on the Linux desktop both visually pleasing and enjoyable through consistent and familiar UI/UX paradigms. New users to GNOME should be able to intuit how to use the app without needing to refer to documentation.
- Feature-rich and choice-forward philosophy. Providing means for the user to maximally customize the app's feature set is a high priority. We maintain that Hylki is both beautiful and highly functional to tackle every email edge case.