# floatpane/matcha

A beautiful and functional email client for your terminal, built with Go and the charming Bubble Tea TUI library. Never leave your command line to check your inbox or send an email again!

Repository: https://github.com/floatpane/matcha
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/floatpane-matcha
Homepage: https://matcha.email
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bubbletea, cli, email, email-client, email-sender, go, inbox, email-cli, matcha, tui, aerc, awesome, mutt, opensource, pine, client, mail
Last push: 2026-08-31T04:00:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 80, longevity 28
- inputs: {"age_days": 401, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 52, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 90}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1078, forks 83 (observed 2026-09-01T02:14:01.489384+00:00)

## What it is
Matcha is a terminal-based email client built in Go using the Bubble Tea TUI framework, offering a modern interface for reading, managing, and sending email without leaving the command line. It supports multiple accounts, rich content rendering, and includes a plugin marketplace with 35+ community extensions.

## Use cases
- check my email inbox from the terminal
- send email without leaving the command line
- manage multiple email accounts in a TUI
- a modern alternative to mutt or aerc
- extend my email client with community plugins
- read rich HTML email content in the terminal

## When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want to triage or send email without switching to a GUI client
- you want a modern, actively developed TUI email client with plugin extensibility
- you manage multiple email accounts and prefer keyboard-driven workflows

## When to avoid
- you need heavy attachment handling, calendar integration, or full HTML composition that GUI clients handle better
- you prefer a mouse-driven graphical email experience
- you need a headless mail server or automated mail processing rather than an interactive client

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: email, cli, terminal-ui, plugin-system
- domain: email, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, go
- tags: email-client, tui, bubbletea, mutt-alternative, terminal-email, plugin-marketplace, inbox, mail, command-line

## Member repositories
- floatpane/matcha (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:01.489384+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:53:49.232372+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/floatpane/matcha (fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:01.489384+00:00, sha 78c0d6b7056a)
  - homepage: https://matcha.email (fetched 2026-08-29T12:55:51.886778+00:00, sha 37d5ab2666ea)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.