Himalaya
Modern command-line email client written in Rust
Himalaya is a command-line email client written in Rust that works with IMAP, Maildir, and notmuch backends. It provides a fast scriptable interface for self-hosted mail accounts.
Key features
- Command-line email client in Rust
- IMAP, Maildir, and notmuch backends
- Fast and scriptable
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Mature project with 7.3k GitHub stars
- Written in Rust
- Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM
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