neomutt/neomutt
✉️ Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks -- IRC: #neomutt on irc.libera.chat observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 77
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 39.0
- age_days: 3909
- days_rel: 78
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 13
Adoption not part of the score
3817 stars · 345 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
NeoMutt is a highly configurable, terminal-based command line email reader (MUA) forked from Mutt, written in C. It consolidates many community patches into one maintained client, adding features like a sidebar, Notmuch integration, NNTP support, compressed folders, and PGP/GPG encryption.
Use cases
- read and manage email from the terminal
- access IMAP and POP3 mailboxes over SSH
- search mail quickly with Notmuch integration
- send and receive PGP-encrypted email
- read and write to compressed mbox or maildir folders
- read Usenet newsgroups via NNTP
- customize a keyboard-driven mail workflow
When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want a fast, keyboard-driven mail client
- you need a highly configurable MUA with hooks, colors, and custom keybindings
- you want PGP/GPG encryption and Notmuch search built into your mail workflow
- you manage mail over SSH or on headless servers
When to avoid
- you prefer a graphical email client with HTML rendering out of the box
- you want a zero-configuration setup
- you need rich HTML/attachment previewing or mobile support
Facets
application · maturity active
email cli cryptography search-engine gui email developer-tools privacy bsd cli cross-platform mutt mua ncurses imap smtp maildir notmuch pgp nntp terminal-email-client command-line linux macos
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 664b1e17b8d8
- homepage: https://neomutt.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c2c3376df23e
- site_page: https://neomutt.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b5df0d219ef
- site_page: https://neomutt.org/about.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b5df0d219ef
- site_page: https://docs.neomutt.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · ef9616ae7569
- site_page: https://neomutt.org/feature · fetched 2026-08-29 · b3ea610b2e31
- site_page: https://code.neomutt.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 94fb2ab15f3b
- site_page: https://neomutt.org/run/irc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 94362dea27e9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| neomutt/neomutt | main | 91 |
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