alot alternatives
Terminal email clients to use instead of alot, most similar first: same kind of interface, then shared protocols and systems.
| Systems | Client | Compare |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | aercTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir and notmuch, adds IMAP, SMTP, JMAP and mbox, calendar. Terminal email client written in Go with IMAP, JMAP, Maildir and notmuch backends and an embedded terminal for editing. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | NeoMuttTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir and notmuch, adds IMAP, POP3, SMTP and mbox. Full-screen terminal mail reader forked from Mutt, with notmuch, NNTP, Lua scripting and a sidebar built in. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, builds from source on BSD. Not available for Android. | MatchaTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir, adds IMAP, POP3, SMTP and JMAP, runs natively on Windows, calendar. Terminal email client written in Go with the Bubble Tea TUI library, with IMAP, JMAP and POP3 support. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD. Not available for Windows or Android. | meliTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir and notmuch, adds IMAP, SMTP, JMAP and mbox. Terminal email client written in Rust with IMAP, JMAP, notmuch, Maildir, mbox and NNTP backends and TOML configuration. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | MuttTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir, adds IMAP, POP3, SMTP and mbox. Long-running text-mode email client with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP support, configured through a muttrc file. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux and macOS, on Windows through WSL, builds from source on BSD. Not available for Android. | SupTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir, adds mbox. Curses email client in Ruby built around threads, labels and fast full-text search over local mail. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSD, on Android through Termux. | AlpineTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, adds IMAP, POP3, SMTP and mbox, runs natively on Windows, calendar. Menu-driven terminal email client descended from Pine, with built-in help, setup screens and native Windows builds. | vs alot |
| Runs on BSD, on Windows through WSL, builds from source on Linux. Not available for macOS or Android. | ConeTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, built-in Maildir, adds IMAP, POP3, SMTP and mbox. Full-screen console mail client and newsreader from the Courier mail server project. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSD, on Android through Termux. | Forward EmailFeaturedTUISource-availableAlso a full-screen terminal client, runs natively on Windows, calendar. Forward Email's webmail in the terminal: mail, calendar, contacts and settings, with mouse support and a key hint bar. | vs alot |
| Runs on Linux and macOS. Not available for Windows, BSD or Android. | nmailTUIAlso a full-screen terminal client, adds IMAP and SMTP. Terminal email client for Linux and macOS with an Alpine-like interface and built-in IMAP and SMTP. | vs alot |
Also: Notmuch Emacs interface, Gnus, Himalaya, mblaze, mu4e, nmh, S-nail and Wanderlust.