aerc
The facts below are what the maker publishes about aerc, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From aerc's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| aerc | Free | 100% free and open source software |
| Free | Free | All listed features · no paid tiers stated |
The facts
Each one read from aerc's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounts
- Multiple accounts can be configured and displayed in separate tabs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Address books
- carddav-query can connect to CardDAV servers such as Nextcloud or Radicale and provide address completion.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Asynchronous networking
- IMAP and JMAP operations are asynchronous so a slow network should not lock the interface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Bandwidth use
- aerc downloads only the information needed to display its interface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Build requirements
- Building from source requires Go 1.25 or newer, scdoc and GNU make; Notmuch support is optional.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Calendar invites
- The :accept and :decline commands generate replies to meeting invitations but do not update the user's calendar.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Calendar tools
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Companion tools
- The documented ecosystem includes mbsync, notmuch, msmtp, pass, w3m, carddav-query, GnuPG and pandoc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Composition
- Email composition uses an embedded terminal in a tmux-style interface, allowing users to check incoming mail and reference other threads while composing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Configuration files are plain text under .config/aerc by default, including accounts.conf and binds.conf.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Controls
- It offers Vim-style keybindings and an ex-command system for automation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can remap keys, run command sequences, reorder folders and style or conditionally color message columns.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Documentation includes installation, quickstart, provider guides, recipes and man pages for accounts, bindings, configuration, protocols, search, templates and tutorials.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Email backends
- It supports multiple accounts and IMAP, Maildir, Notmuch, Mbox, and JMAP backends.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Embedded composition
- Messages can be composed in an embedded tmux-style terminal while users inspect incoming mail and other threads.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Shell commands can be invoked through keybindings, pipes, templates and the embedded terminal.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Git integration
- The project describes first-class support for working with Git and email.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Git workflow
- The maker describes aerc as having first-class support for working with git and email.checked 12 Oct 2026
- HTML and patches
- It can render HTML email with an interactive terminal web browser and highlight patches with diffs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- HTML rendering
- HTML mail can be rendered through an interactive terminal web browser, with patch diffs and an embedded less viewer.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Installation systems
- Binary packages are listed for Alpine, Arch, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, macOS Homebrew and Slackware.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App coverage
- desktopchecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2019checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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