mu4e alternatives
Terminal email clients to use instead of mu4e, most similar first: same kind of interface, then shared protocols and systems.
| Systems | Client | Compare |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSD, on Android through Termux. | GnusEmacsAlso a mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds IMAP, POP3 and mbox, runs natively on Windows. Mail and news reader built into GNU Emacs, with back ends for IMAP, POP3, local mail folders and NNTP. | vs mu4e |
| 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 mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | WanderlustEmacsAlso a mail client that runs inside Emacs, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds IMAP and POP3. Mail and news reader for Emacs, written in Emacs Lisp, with built-in IMAP, POP3, NNTP and SMTP support. | vs mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | aercTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds IMAP, JMAP, mbox and notmuch. Terminal email client written in Go with IMAP, JMAP, Maildir and notmuch backends and an embedded terminal for editing. | vs mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | MuttTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds IMAP, POP3 and mbox. Long-running text-mode email client with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP support, configured through a muttrc file. | vs mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | NeoMuttTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds IMAP, POP3, mbox and notmuch. Full-screen terminal mail reader forked from Mutt, with notmuch, NNTP, Lua scripting and a sidebar built in. | vs mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | nmhCLIA command-line program, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds POP3 and mbox. The MH message handling system: separate shell commands to read, file, search and send mail stored one file per message. | vs mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSD, on Android through Termux. | AlpineTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in SMTP, adds IMAP, POP3 and mbox, runs natively on Windows. Menu-driven terminal email client descended from Pine, with built-in help, setup screens and native Windows builds. | vs mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, builds from source on BSD. Not available for Android. | HimalayaCLIA command-line program, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds IMAP and JMAP, runs natively on Windows. Command-line email client written in Rust that lists, reads, sends and moves mail through shell commands with JSON output. | vs mu4e |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, builds from source on BSD. Not available for Android. | MatchaTUIA full-screen terminal client, built-in SMTP and Maildir, adds IMAP, POP3 and JMAP, runs natively on Windows. Terminal email client written in Go with the Bubble Tea TUI library, with IMAP, JMAP and POP3 support. | vs mu4e |
Also: S-nail, alot, Cone, Forward Email, mblaze, meli, Sup and nmail.