# Himalaya alternatives

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

1. [S-nail](https://terminalemail.com/clients/s-nail/index.md): Also 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.
2. [nmh](https://terminalemail.com/clients/nmh/index.md): Also 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.
3. [mblaze](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mblaze/index.md): Also a command-line program, built-in Maildir. Set of small Unix utilities for reading, searching, threading and composing mail stored in Maildir folders.
4. [aerc](https://terminalemail.com/clients/aerc/index.md): A 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.
5. [Matcha](https://terminalemail.com/clients/matcha/index.md): A 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.
6. [Gnus](https://terminalemail.com/clients/gnus/index.md): A 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.
7. [meli](https://terminalemail.com/clients/meli/index.md): A 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.
8. [Mutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mutt/index.md): A 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.
9. [NeoMutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/neomutt/index.md): A 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.
10. [Wanderlust](https://terminalemail.com/clients/wanderlust/index.md): A 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.