# Himalaya vs Matcha

- Himalaya: Command-line email client written in Rust that lists, reads, sends and moves mail through shell commands with JSON output.
- Matcha: Terminal email client written in Go with the Bubble Tea TUI library, with IMAP, JMAP and POP3 support.

## Differences

- Himalaya is a command-line program; Matcha is a full-screen terminal client.
- Only Matcha has built-in POP3.
- Matcha has mouse support; Himalaya does not.
- Matcha has calendar support; Himalaya does not.
- Matcha has OpenPGP; Himalaya does not.
- Matcha has S/MIME; Himalaya does not.
- Matcha has Vim-style keys; Himalaya does not.
- Himalaya is written in Rust; Matcha in Go.
- Configuration: Himalaya uses TOML file; interactive setup wizard, and Matcha uses ~/.config/matcha/config.json plus in-app settings.

## Side by side

| | Himalaya | Matcha |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Interface | Command-line tools and prompts | Full-screen terminal interface |
| Language | Rust | Go |
| License | MIT or Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| Linux | Native | Native |
| macOS | Native | Native |
| Windows | Native | Native |
| BSD | Build from source | Build from source |
| Android | Not supported | Not supported |
| IMAP | Yes | Yes |
| POP3 | No | Yes |
| SMTP | Yes | Yes |
| JMAP | Yes | Yes |
| Maildir | Yes | Yes |
| mbox | No | No |
| notmuch | No | No |
| OpenPGP | No | Yes |
| S/MIME | No | Yes |
| OAuth2 sign-in | via script | Yes |
| Threads | through the IMAP, JMAP and Gmail subcommands | Yes |
| Search | built-in query syntax across backends; server-side for IMAP and JMAP | built-in search and filter |
| HTML mail | No | built-in rendering, with inline images in supported terminals |
| Mouse | No | Yes |
| Multiple accounts | Yes | Yes |
| Offline use | with the Maildir backend and a sync tool such as mbsync | local cache of message lists and bodies |
| Calendar | No | shows .ics invites and sends RSVP replies |
| Contacts | No | address book built from sent and received mail |
| Vim-style keys | No | Yes |
| Configuration | TOML file; interactive setup wizard | ~/.config/matcha/config.json plus in-app settings |

Pages: [Himalaya](https://terminalemail.com/clients/himalaya/index.md), [Matcha](https://terminalemail.com/clients/matcha/index.md)