Terminal email clients with Vim-style keys
Clients that use Vim-style movement keys such as j and k out of the box. 7 clients on this site qualify.
| Systems | Name | Language and license |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | aercTUITerminal email client written in Go with IMAP, JMAP, Maildir and notmuch backends and an embedded terminal for editing. | Go MIT |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL. Not available for Android. | alotTUITerminal mail reader written in Python that works on a local notmuch database, with tag-based search and threads. | Python GPL 3.0 or later |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, builds from source on BSD. Not available for Android. | MatchaTUITerminal email client written in Go with the Bubble Tea TUI library, with IMAP, JMAP and POP3 support. | Go MIT |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD. Not available for Windows or Android. | meliTUITerminal email client written in Rust with IMAP, JMAP, notmuch, Maildir, mbox and NNTP backends and TOML configuration. | Rust EUPL 1.2 or GPL 3.0 or later |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | MuttTUILong-running text-mode email client with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP support, configured through a muttrc file. | C GPL 2.0 or later |
| Runs on Linux, macOS and BSD, on Windows through WSL, on Android through Termux. | NeoMuttTUIFull-screen terminal mail reader forked from Mutt, with notmuch, NNTP, Lua scripting and a sidebar built in. | C GPL 2.0 or later |
| Runs on Linux and macOS, on Windows through WSL, builds from source on BSD. Not available for Android. | SupTUICurses email client in Ruby built around threads, labels and fast full-text search over local mail. | Ruby GPL 2.0 or later |
| Nothing matches. | ||
Other lists: PGP, IMAP, POP3, JMAP, Maildir, notmuch, OAuth2, mouse support, a calendar, Emacs and Open-source terminal.