MSG & EML Viewer

A modern, client-side web application for viewing MSG and EML email files directly in your browser. No installation required - your files never leave your device.

✨ Features

• 🔒 Privacy First: All processing happens client-side - your files never leave your device
• 📧 MSG Support: View Microsoft Outlook MSG files without Outlook installed
• 📨 EML Support: View standard EML email files
• 📎 Attachment Handling: View, download, and preview email attachments
• 📄 PDF Export: Export emails as PDF documents
• 🎨 Modern UI: Clean, responsive interface built with React and Tailwind CSS
• 📱 Mobile Friendly: Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices
• ⚡ Fast: Built with Vite for optimal performance

🚀 Live Demo

Visit the live application at: https://msg-view.com

🛠️ Technology Stack

• Frontend: React 18.3.1 with TypeScript
• Build Tool: Vite 5.4.2
• Styling: Tailwind CSS with custom components
• UI Components: Radix UI primitives
• Icons: Lucide React
• Email Parsing:
  • @kenjiuno/msgreader for MSG files
  • postal-mime for EML files
• PDF Generation: jsPDF with html2canvas
• File Handling: File-saver, JSZip

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm or yarn

Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/dtschannen/MSG-EML-Viewer.git
   cd MSG-EML-Viewer

2. Install dependencies

   npm install

3. Start development server

   npm run dev

4. Open your browser Navigate to http://localhost:5173

🏗️ Build for Production

# Build the application
npm run build

# Preview the production build
npm run preview

🔒 Privacy & Security

• Client-side processing: All file parsing happens in your browser
• No data transmission: Files are never uploaded to any server
• No tracking: No analytics or tracking scripts
• Open source: Full source code is available for review

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• @kenjiuno/msgreader for MSG file parsing
• postal-mime for EML file parsing
• Radix UI for accessible UI components
• Lucide for beautiful icons

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