# Gnus alternatives

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

1. [Wanderlust](https://terminalemail.com/clients/wanderlust/index.md): Also 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.
2. [mu4e](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mu4e/index.md): Also 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.
3. [Notmuch Emacs interface](https://terminalemail.com/clients/notmuch-emacs/index.md): Also 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.
4. [Mutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mutt/index.md): A 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.
5. [NeoMutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/neomutt/index.md): A 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.
6. [aerc](https://terminalemail.com/clients/aerc/index.md): A 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.
7. [Alpine](https://terminalemail.com/clients/alpine/index.md): A 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.
8. [nmh](https://terminalemail.com/clients/nmh/index.md): A 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.
9. [S-nail](https://terminalemail.com/clients/s-nail/index.md): A 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.
10. [Cone](https://terminalemail.com/clients/cone/index.md): A 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.