pimalaya/himalaya

Health v2 · maintenance only

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7112 stars · 229 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Himalaya is a command-line email client written in Rust for listing, reading, composing, sending, searching, and moving messages. It supports IMAP, SMTP, JMAP, Gmail API, Microsoft Graph, Maildir, and multiple backends with JSON output for scripting.

Use cases

• manage email from the terminal
• send email from shell scripts
• read and search IMAP mailboxes via CLI
• script email automation with JSON output
• access Gmail or Outlook mail from the command line
• manage local Maildir email in a terminal

When to choose

• you prefer terminal-based workflows over GUI email clients
• you need scriptable email operations in shell scripts or automation
• you want a fast, lightweight CLI supporting many protocols (IMAP, JMAP, SMTP, Maildir)
• you use Vim or other editors and want email integration via a CLI

When to avoid

• you need a graphical email client with HTML rendering and rich UI
• you need calendar or contact management alongside email
• you are uncomfortable configuring accounts via TOML files

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

email cli search-engine cryptography email developer-tools windows cli cross-platform imap smtp maildir jmap email-client terminal rust pgp scriptable command-line linux macos

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