Himalaya
CLI to manage emails via IMAP/SMTP. Use `himalaya` to list, read, write, reply, forward, search, and organize emails from the terminal. Supports multiple accounts and message composition with MML (MIM
CLI to manage emails via IMAP/SMTP. Use `himalaya` to list, read, write, reply, forward, search, and organize emails from the terminal. Supports multiple accounts and message composition with MML (MIM
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Himalaya is a CLI email client that lets you manage emails from the terminal using IMAP, SMTP, Notmuch, or Sendmail backends.
Run the interactive wizard to set up an account:
himalaya account configure
Or create ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml manually:
[accounts.personal] email = "you@example.com" display-name = "Your Name" default = true backend.type = "imap" backend.host = "imap.example.com" backend.port = 993 backend.encryption.type = "tls" backend.login = "you@example.com" backend.auth.type = "password" backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/imap" # or use keyring message.send.backend.type = "smtp" message.send.backend.host = "smtp.example.com" message.send.backend.port = 587 message.send.backend.encryption.type = "start-tls" message.send.backend.login = "you@example.com" message.send.backend.auth.type = "password" message.send.backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/smtp"
himalaya folder list
List emails in INBOX (default):
himalaya envelope list
List emails in a specific folder:
himalaya envelope list --folder "Sent"
List with pagination:
himalaya envelope list --page 1 --page-size 20
himalaya envelope list from john@example.com subject meeting
Read email by ID (shows plain text):
himalaya message read 42
Export raw MIME:
himalaya message export 42 --full
Interactive reply (opens $EDITOR):
himalaya message reply 42
Reply-all:
himalaya message reply 42 --all
himalaya message forward 42
Interactive compose (opens $EDITOR):
himalaya message write
Send directly using template:
cat << 'EOF' | himalaya template send From: you@example.com To: recipient@example.com Subject: Test Message Hello from Himalaya! EOF
Or with headers flag:
himalaya message write -H "To:recipient@example.com" -H "Subject:Test" "Message body here"
Move to folder:
himalaya message move 42 "Archive"
Copy to folder:
himalaya message copy 42 "Important"
himalaya message delete 42
Add flag:
himalaya flag add 42 --flag seen
Remove flag:
himalaya flag remove 42 --flag seen
List accounts:
himalaya account list
Use a specific account:
himalaya --account work envelope list
Save attachments from a message:
himalaya attachment download 42
Save to specific directory:
himalaya attachment download 42 --dir ~/Downloads
Most commands support --output for structured output:
himalaya envelope list --output json himalaya envelope list --output plain
Enable debug logging:
RUST_LOG=debug himalaya envelope list
Full trace with backtrace:
RUST_LOG=trace RUST_BACKTRACE=1 himalaya envelope list
No automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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