Himalaya alternatives
Terminal email clients to use instead of Himalaya, 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. Not available for Android. | S-nailCLIAlso a command-line program, built-in IMAP, SMTP and Maildir, adds POP3 and mbox. Command-line mail program that implements POSIX mailx, with MIME, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Maildir and S/MIME support. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | nmhCLIAlso a command-line program, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds POP3 and mbox, calendar. The MH message handling system: separate shell commands to read, file, search and send mail stored one file per message. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL. Not available for Android. | mblazeCLIAlso a command-line program, built-in Maildir. Set of small Unix utilities for reading, searching, threading and composing mail stored in Maildir folders. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | aercTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, JMAP and Maildir, adds mbox and notmuch, mouse support, calendar. Terminal email client written in Go with IMAP, JMAP, Maildir and notmuch backends and an embedded terminal for editing. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, builds from source on BSD. Not available for Android. | MatchaTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, JMAP and Maildir, adds POP3, mouse support, calendar. Terminal email client written in Go with the Bubble Tea TUI library, with IMAP, JMAP and POP3 support. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSD, on Android through Termux. | GnusEmacsA mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in IMAP, SMTP and Maildir, adds POP3 and mbox, mouse support, calendar. Mail and news reader built into GNU Emacs, with back ends for IMAP, POP3, local mail folders and NNTP. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD. Not available for Windows or Android. | meliTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP, JMAP and Maildir, adds mbox and notmuch, mouse support. Terminal email client written in Rust with IMAP, JMAP, notmuch, Maildir, mbox and NNTP backends and TOML configuration. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | MuttTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP and Maildir, adds POP3 and mbox. Long-running text-mode email client with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP support, configured through a muttrc file. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | NeoMuttTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in IMAP, SMTP and Maildir, adds POP3, mbox and notmuch. Full-screen terminal mail reader forked from Mutt, with notmuch, NNTP, Lua scripting and a sidebar built in. | vs Himalaya |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | WanderlustEmacsA mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in IMAP, SMTP and Maildir, adds POP3, mouse support. Mail and news reader for Emacs, written in Emacs Lisp, with built-in IMAP, POP3, NNTP and SMTP support. | vs Himalaya |
Also: Alpine, Cone, mu4e, Notmuch Emacs interface, alot, Sup, Forward Email and nmail.