# mblaze vs Wanderlust

- mblaze: Set of small Unix utilities for reading, searching, threading and composing mail stored in Maildir folders.
- Wanderlust: Mail and news reader for Emacs, written in Emacs Lisp, with built-in IMAP, POP3, NNTP and SMTP support.

## Differences

- mblaze is a command-line program; Wanderlust is a mail client that runs inside Emacs.
- Only Wanderlust has built-in IMAP, POP3 and SMTP.
- On Android, mblaze is not available and Wanderlust runs through Termux.
- Wanderlust has mouse support; mblaze does not.
- Wanderlust has OAuth2 sign-in; mblaze does not.
- mblaze is written in C; Wanderlust in Emacs Lisp.
- Configuration: mblaze uses ~/.mblaze/profile (header-style key: value lines), and Wanderlust uses Emacs Lisp in ~/.wl, folder list in ~/.folders.

## Side by side

| | mblaze | Wanderlust |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Interface | Command-line tools and prompts | Runs inside Emacs |
| Language | C | Emacs Lisp |
| License | CC0 1.0 and MIT | GPL 2.0 or later |
| Linux | Native | Native |
| macOS | Native | Native |
| Windows | Through WSL | Through WSL |
| BSD | Native | Native |
| Android | Not supported | Through Termux |
| IMAP | Through a separate tool | Yes |
| POP3 | Through a separate tool | Yes |
| SMTP | Through a separate tool | Yes |
| JMAP | No | No |
| Maildir | Yes | Yes |
| mbox | No | No |
| notmuch | No | Through a separate tool |
| OpenPGP | via contrib scripts | Yes |
| S/MIME | No | No |
| OAuth2 sign-in | No | via oauth2.el |
| Threads | Yes | Yes |
| Search | mpick and magrep filter messages by headers, flags and content | IMAP server-side search; local search via mu, notmuch, grep or namazu |
| HTML mail | via a filter command in ~/.mblaze/filter used by mshow | via mime-w3m (emacs-w3m) |
| Mouse | No | Yes |
| Multiple accounts | via separate Maildirs and profile settings | Yes |
| Offline use | full; works only on local Maildir | message cache and disconnected operation |
| Calendar | No | No |
| Contacts | No | built-in address book |
| Vim-style keys | No | No |
| Configuration | ~/.mblaze/profile (header-style key: value lines) | Emacs Lisp in ~/.wl, folder list in ~/.folders |

Pages: [mblaze](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mblaze/index.md), [Wanderlust](https://terminalemail.com/clients/wanderlust/index.md)