NeoMutt
The facts below are what the maker publishes about NeoMutt, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From NeoMutt's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| NeoMutt | Free | GNU General Public License version 2 or later · No warranty |
The facts
Each one read from NeoMutt's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- App coverage
- desktopchecked 21 Sep 2026
What it does
- Availability
- The project lists packages for multiple Linux distributions, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Cygwin, Homebrew, and MacPorts, and says users can build from source if their distribution is not listed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Calendar tools
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Customization
- It supports configurable key bindings, keyboard macros, regular-expression searches, mail threading, and pattern matching to select messages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Features include encrypting a saved copy of outgoing email to yourself and displaying encryption information about a message.checked 12 Oct 2026
- External dependencies
- NeoMutt relies on external applications for some functions, including crypto support and mailcap handling.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The project says its Lua scripting support is limited and cannot directly interact with mailboxes or emails.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mail protocols
- The guide has sections for optional SSL/TLS, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, and OAUTHBEARER/XOAUTH2 support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- News support
- The stable NNTP feature lets NeoMutt communicate with a Usenet news server.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Product
- NeoMutt is a small, text-based MIME mail client based on Mutt.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scheduled sending
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Search
- The stable Notmuch feature provides an email search engine.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security guidance
- The security guide warns that NeoMutt may contain unknown security holes and recommends running it with minimal permissions, never as root.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security limitation
- The guide warns that temporary files used for viewing messages and verifying signatures may be visible or readable by other users if misconfigured.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sidebar
- The sidebar displays mail folders, and the layout, colors, size, visibility, and content of the display can be configured.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can seek help through the users mailing list, IRC, or GitHub issues; the site notes the IRC group is small, so responses may take time.checked 12 Oct 2026
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