meli
meli is a modal terminal email client written in Rust that offers multi-account support across various backends (IMAP, JMAP, notmuch)
INSTALLATION
$ cargo install meli$ apt install meli$ brew install meli$ port install meli
DESCRIPTION
meli is a modern, modal terminal email client written in Rust for Linux, macOS, and BSD systems.
It supports multiple concurrent accounts and diverse backends, including IMAP, JMAP, notmuch, Maildir, mbox, and NNTP.
It features a Vim-inspired keybinding scheme, multi-threaded asynchronous operations, built-in contact management, and SQLite-backed search indexing.
DETAILS
- Repository
- meli/meli (2026-11-09)
- Website
meli-email.org
- Author
- meli
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Category
- Email & Messaging
- Language
- Rust
- Platforms
- Linux, MacOS, Windows
- Version
- v0.9.0 (2026-11-01)
- Repo Age
- 7 years old
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