Himalaya is a command line email client.
The aim of Himalaya is to extract the email logic into a simple (yet solid) CLI API that can be used directly from the terminal, from scripts, from UIs.
Himalaya is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Mailbox listing.
- Email listing and filtering.
- Email composition based on $EDITOR.
- Email manipulation (copy/move/delete).
- Multi-accounting.
- Completion subcommands.
- IDLE mode for real-time notifications.
- Vim plugin.
- Vim flags to enable telescope preview and to choose picker.
- Completions for bash/zsh/fish.
- JSON output.
- Insecure TLS option.
- Send message via stdin.
- Signature support.
- Add attachment(s) to a message.
- Telescope support – a highly extendable fuzzy finder over lists.
Website: github.com/soywod/himalaya
Support: Wiki
Developer: Clément DOUIN (AKA soywod)
License: BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License
Himalaya is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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