# aerc alternatives

Terminal email clients to use instead of [aerc](https://terminalemail.com/clients/aerc/index.md), most similar first.

1. [NeoMutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/neomutt/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, Maildir, mbox and notmuch, adds POP3. Full-screen terminal mail reader forked from Mutt, with notmuch, NNTP, Lua scripting and a sidebar built in.
2. [meli](https://terminalemail.com/clients/meli/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, JMAP, Maildir, mbox and notmuch. Terminal email client written in Rust with IMAP, JMAP, notmuch, Maildir, mbox and NNTP backends and TOML configuration.
3. [Mutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mutt/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, Maildir and mbox, adds POP3. Long-running text-mode email client with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP support, configured through a muttrc file.
4. [Alpine](https://terminalemail.com/clients/alpine/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP and mbox, adds POP3, runs natively on Windows. Menu-driven terminal email client descended from Pine, with built-in help, setup screens and native Windows builds.
5. [Matcha](https://terminalemail.com/clients/matcha/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, JMAP and Maildir, adds POP3, runs natively on Windows. Terminal email client written in Go with the Bubble Tea TUI library, with IMAP, JMAP and POP3 support.
6. [Cone](https://terminalemail.com/clients/cone/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, Maildir and mbox, adds POP3. Full-screen console mail client and newsreader from the Courier mail server project.
7. [alot](https://terminalemail.com/clients/alot/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir and notmuch. Terminal mail reader written in Python that works on a local notmuch database, with tag-based search and threads.
8. [Sup](https://terminalemail.com/clients/sup/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir and mbox. Curses email client in Ruby built around threads, labels and fast full-text search over local mail.
9. [Forward Email](https://terminalemail.com/clients/forward-email/index.md): Also a full-screen terminal client, runs natively on Windows. Forward Email's webmail in the terminal: mail, calendar, contacts and settings, with mouse support and a key hint bar.
10. [Gnus](https://terminalemail.com/clients/gnus/index.md): A mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in IMAP, SMTP, Maildir and mbox, adds POP3, runs natively on Windows. Mail and news reader built into GNU Emacs, with back ends for IMAP, POP3, local mail folders and NNTP.