Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
NeoMutt is a powerful, highly configurable command-line email client. It is a fork of Mutt with added features, built for people who want to manage email efficiently from the keyboard.
With key bindings and macros, threaded conversations, regular-expression searches, and a rich pattern language for selecting messages, NeoMutt can be shaped around your workflow instead of the other way around.
Get started
- Install NeoMutt using your operating system's package manager. See the download and distribution instructions.
- Connect your email account. The NeoMutt Guide has beginner-friendly tutorials and setup help for Gmail, Microsoft 365, other IMAP providers, and local mailboxes.
- Make it yours. Explore the complete configuration reference, browse colour themes, and share useful additions in neomutt-contrib.
Why NeoMutt?
- Keyboard-first: read, search, organize, and compose without leaving the terminal.
- Deeply configurable: customize keys, colours, hooks, macros, views, and account behaviour.
- Powerful mail handling: navigate threads and select groups of messages with precise searches and patterns.
- Open and community-driven: NeoMutt is free software developed in the open by users and contributors.
Find help and join in
Whether you have a configuration question, a bug report, an idea, or a patch, you are welcome here.
- Read the user guide
- Ask and share ideas in GitHub Discussions
- Chat in
#neomutton Libera.Chat - Join the users' mailing list
- Report a problem in the issue tracker
- Learn how to contribute, including code, documentation, and translations