# sdushantha/tmpmail

A temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh

Repository: https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tmpmail
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: temporary-email, disposable-email, commandline, tmpmail, 1secmail, bash, linux, macos, aur, receive-emails, posix, posix-sh
Last push: 2024-08-17T14:43:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2180, "days_push": 746, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4188, forks 163 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:38.780500+00:00)

## What it is
tmpmail is a command line utility written in POSIX sh that creates temporary/disposable email addresses and receives emails via the 1secmail API. It renders HTML emails in the terminal using w3m or another browser of the user's choice.

## Use cases
- create a throwaway email address from the terminal
- receive verification emails without exposing my real inbox
- check a disposable inbox from the command line
- read temporary email in a text-based browser like w3m
- copy a temp email address to the clipboard for signups
- avoid spam when registering on websites

## When to choose
- you need quick disposable email addresses on Linux or macOS from the shell
- you want a lightweight POSIX sh script with minimal dependencies
- you prefer terminal-based email viewing with w3m or a configurable browser

## When to avoid
- you need to send emails, not just receive them
- you need a permanent or long-lived email address
- you require guaranteed email delivery, since 1secmail is a third-party service that may go down

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: email, cli, http-client
- domain: email, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: temporary-email, disposable-email, posix-sh, 1secmail, shell-script, inbox, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sdushantha/tmpmail (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.780500+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 2026-08-29T18:22:36.910056+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.780500+00:00, sha 089683004fe3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.