# neomutt/neomutt

✉️ Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks -- IRC: #neomutt on irc.libera.chat

Repository: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/neomutt
Homepage: https://neomutt.org/
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: mail, mutt, mua, cli, ncurses, notmuch, imap, smtp, mbox, maildir, pop3, mime, pgp, nntp, neomutt, c, email
Last push: 2026-08-20T12:18:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 77, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3909, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 78, "gap_med": 39.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3817, forks 345 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:20.990217+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: email, cli, cryptography, search-engine, gui
- domain: email, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: mutt, mua, ncurses, imap, smtp, maildir, notmuch, pgp, nntp, terminal-email-client, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- neomutt/neomutt (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.990217+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 2026-08-29T18:26:30.720317+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.990217+00:00, sha 664b1e17b8d8)
  - homepage: https://neomutt.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:27.864342+00:00, sha c2c3376df23e)
  - site_page: https://neomutt.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:27.870729+00:00, sha 1b5df0d219ef)
  - site_page: https://neomutt.org/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:27.875017+00:00, sha 1b5df0d219ef)
  - site_page: https://docs.neomutt.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:27.877228+00:00, sha ef9616ae7569)
  - site_page: https://neomutt.org/feature (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:27.868026+00:00, sha b3ea610b2e31)
  - site_page: https://code.neomutt.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:27.873000+00:00, sha 94fb2ab15f3b)
  - site_page: https://neomutt.org/run/irc (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:27.879458+00:00, sha 94362dea27e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.