Himalaya
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Himalaya, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Himalaya's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free software | Free | Free software; dual-licensed MIT or Apache-2.0 |
The facts
Each one read from Himalaya's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounts and output
- It supports multiple accounts in TOML configuration and can output JSON with the --json option.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- It supports several IMAP, SMTP, and ManageSieve SASL mechanisms, HTTP basic and bearer authentication for JMAP, and TLS options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- It uses TOML configuration with multiple accounts and can output JSON with the --json option.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Discovery
- Its setup wizard discovers mail services using PACC, Thunderbird autoconfiguration, DNS SRV lookups, and JMAP session resolution.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Email actions
- Its shared commands work with mailboxes, envelopes, flags, messages, and attachments, including search, send, and attachment download.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Email backends
- It supports IMAP, SMTP, ManageSieve, JMAP, Gmail REST API, Microsoft Graph, Maildir, m2dir, mbox, and pimdir.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Email protocols
- It supports IMAP, SMTP, ManageSieve, JMAP, Gmail REST API, and Microsoft Graph for Outlook and Microsoft 365.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Email providers
- The README provides configuration examples for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Gmail, Outlook, Posteo, and iCloud Mail.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The README documents prebuilt binaries, Cargo, Arch Linux, Homebrew, Scoop, Fedora/CentOS/RHEL, Nix, and building from source.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project lists Vim, Emacs, and Raycast interfaces, plus OpenClaw and dfzf integrations.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The maker describes Himalaya as a scriptable email tool for people who work in a terminal.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Interfaces and integrations
- Listed interfaces and integrations include an official TUI in active development, a Vim plugin, Emacs plugin, Raycast extension, OpenClaw skill, and dfzf integration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists Apache-2.0 and MIT licenses, and the project site describes Himalaya as dual-licensed free software.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local mail formats
- It supports Maildir, m2dir, mbox, and pimdir mail stores.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mail actions
- Its shared commands support listing, reading, composing, sending, searching, moving, and downloading attachments.checked 5 Oct 2026
- OAuth limitation
- Himalaya v2 does not include an OAuth flow, so users supply tokens from an external broker or helper command.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Himalaya is a command-line tool for managing email.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Proxies
- It supports SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies per account or through ALL_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Proxy support
- It supports SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies, configured per account or through environment variables.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Himalaya manages email from the command line in a scriptable, stateless way.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Secret handling
- Password and token fields can read a literal value or run a shell command that prints the secret; the README advises against raw values in production.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security policy
- The security policy marks version 2.x.x as supported and versions 1.x.x and 0.x.x as unsupported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and community
- The project site directs users to Matrix for questions and development discussion and invites bug reports, documentation, packaging, and code contributions.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App coverage
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
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