Skiff (email service)
Type of site | Webmail |
|---|---|
| Owner | Notion |
| Created by | Andrew Milich; Jason Ginsberg |
| Parent | Notion |
| URL | skiff |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | No longer accepted |
| Users | ≈2 million users (November 2023) |
| Launched | 2022 |
| Current status | Active, defunct as of February 9, 2024 |
Content license | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (mainly) |
Skiff was an email service startup company and collaboration tool, that provided privacy-friendly end-to-end encrypted Email and Cloud services. The company's commercial strategy was focused in offering to its clients a Source-Available or Open-Source, transparent and audited Email, Calendar, and Cloud Storage services without trackers or advertisements.
Skiff launched in 2021 and was developed in San Francisco, California. In November 2023, 17 months after launch, it reached almost 2 million users.
Skiff was acquired by Notion on 9 February 2024. Users had six months to migrate their data before the closure of the services. The service mostly shut down on 9 August 2024 with email forwarding remaining active until 9 February 2025.