# Mutt vs NeoMutt

- Mutt: Long-running text-mode email client with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP support, configured through a muttrc file.
- NeoMutt: Full-screen terminal mail reader forked from Mutt, with notmuch, NNTP, Lua scripting and a sidebar built in.

## Differences

- NeoMutt: Fork of Mutt.
- Only NeoMutt has built-in notmuch.
- Configuration: Mutt uses muttrc text file, and NeoMutt uses neomuttrc text file.

## Side by side

| | Mutt | NeoMutt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Interface | Full-screen terminal interface | Full-screen terminal interface |
| Language | C | C |
| License | GPL 2.0 or later | GPL 2.0 or later |
| Linux | Native | Native |
| macOS | Native | Native |
| Windows | Through WSL | Through WSL |
| BSD | Native | Native |
| Android | Through Termux | Through Termux |
| IMAP | Yes | Yes |
| POP3 | Yes | Yes |
| SMTP | Yes | Yes |
| JMAP | No | No |
| Maildir | Yes | Yes |
| mbox | Yes | Yes |
| notmuch | No | Yes |
| OpenPGP | Yes | Yes |
| S/MIME | Yes | Yes |
| OAuth2 sign-in | via script | via script |
| Threads | Yes | Yes |
| Search | built-in patterns; server-side IMAP search | built-in patterns; notmuch for full-text |
| HTML mail | via mailcap and an external viewer such as w3m or lynx | via mailcap and an external viewer such as w3m or lynx |
| Mouse | No | No |
| Multiple accounts | Yes | Yes |
| Offline use | with isync or OfflineIMAP; IMAP header and body cache | with isync or OfflineIMAP; IMAP header and body cache |
| Calendar | No | No |
| Contacts | via query_command with abook or khard | via query_command with abook or khard |
| Vim-style keys | Yes | Yes |
| Configuration | muttrc text file | neomuttrc text file |

Pages: [Mutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/mutt/index.md), [NeoMutt](https://terminalemail.com/clients/neomutt/index.md)