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