Astroid
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Astroid, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Astroid's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Astroid | Free | Graphical email client for Notmuch · requires other programs for fetching, syncing and sending email |
The facts
Each one read from Astroid's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- App coverage
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Platform evidence
- The README describes installing the astroid binary under /usr/local/bin, and the project wiki lists setup instructions for Linux distributions including Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and NixOS.checked 5 Oct 2026
What it does
- Code display
- Astroid provides syntax highlighting for patches and code segments.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The interface is themable and configurable.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Display
- Astroid displays HTML mail and common attachments inline.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The project README provides instructions to clone the source repository and build Astroid with CMake.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Editors
- Astroid supports embedded or external Vim or Emacs editors, as well as other editors.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Astroid has built-in PGP/MIME cryptography support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project documents compiling Astroid from source using CMake and installing its binary.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interface
- The interface can be operated by keyboard and its buffers can be placed in separate windows.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Keyboard use
- The interface is fully operable by keyboard.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mail handling
- Astroid relies on other programs to fetch, sync, index, and send email.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Mail setup
- Astroid relies on other programs for fetching, syncing and sending email.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Message display
- Astroid can display HTML mail and common attachments inline.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Astroid supports Python and Lua plugins.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Astroid is a lightweight graphical mail user agent for searching, displaying, composing, and organizing email in threads and tags.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Astroid is a lightweight mail user agent for searching, displaying and composing email organized in threads and tags.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- Astroid uses the notmuch backend to search through email.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Setup limit
- The project says configuration effort can vary by email provider and that Gmail requires special configuration.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can report issues on GitHub or contact the project mailing list.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Typical setup
- The project describes a typical setup using OfflineIMAP, notmuch, msmtp, and Astroid, with vim or emacs as an email editor.checked 5 Oct 2026
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