Gnus alternatives
Terminal email clients to use instead of Gnus, 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. | WanderlustEmacsAlso a mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in IMAP, POP3, SMTP and Maildir. Mail and news reader for Emacs, written in Emacs Lisp, with built-in IMAP, POP3, NNTP and SMTP support. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | mu4eEmacsAlso a mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in SMTP and Maildir. Email client that runs inside GNU Emacs, built on the mu Maildir indexer and search tool. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | Notmuch Emacs interfaceEmacsAlso a mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds notmuch. Emacs front end for notmuch that reads, searches, tags and composes mail from a local Maildir. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | MuttTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Maildir and mbox. Long-running text-mode email client with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP support, configured through a muttrc file. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | NeoMuttTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Maildir and mbox, adds notmuch. Full-screen terminal mail reader forked from Mutt, with notmuch, NNTP, Lua scripting and a sidebar built in. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | aercTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, Maildir and mbox, adds JMAP and notmuch. Terminal email client written in Go with IMAP, JMAP, Maildir and notmuch backends and an embedded terminal for editing. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSD, on Android through Termux. | AlpineTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, POP3, SMTP and mbox. Menu-driven terminal email client descended from Pine, with built-in help, setup screens and native Windows builds. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | nmhCLIA command-line program, built-in POP3, SMTP, Maildir and mbox. The MH message handling system: separate shell commands to read, file, search and send mail stored one file per message. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL. Not available for Android. | S-nailCLIA command-line program, built-in IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Maildir and mbox. Command-line mail program that implements POSIX mailx, with MIME, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Maildir and S/MIME support. | vs Gnus |
| Runs on BSD, on Windows through WSL, builds from source on Linux. Not available for macOS or Android. | ConeTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Maildir and mbox. Full-screen console mail client and newsreader from the Courier mail server project. | vs Gnus |
Also: Matcha, Himalaya, meli, Sup, alot, Forward Email, mblaze and nmail.