alpine ☆
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Description:
News and email agent
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 2.26@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Productivity
Tags: email newsreader terminal tui nntp
Install: brew install alpine
About:
Alpine is a powerful, easy-to-use news and email agent with a pico-based interface. It provides a text-based environment for managing email, news, and other messaging tasks. Its main value proposition is offering a full-featured communication suite directly within the terminal.
Key Features:
  • Text-based user interface (TUI) optimized for terminal use
  • Support for both email (IMAP/POP3/SMTP) and NNTP news reading
  • Advanced features like MIME support, encryption (PGP/GPG), and Sieve filtering
  • Highly configurable with extensive keyboard shortcuts
Use Cases:
  • Managing email on remote servers via SSH without a GUI
  • Reading Usenet newsgroups from the command line
  • Performing email tasks on low-resource systems
Alternatives:
  • mutt – Mutt is another popular text-based email client, often considered more configurable but with a steeper learning curve.
  • claws-mail – Claws Mail is a graphical GTK-based email client, offering a more traditional desktop experience.
License: Apache-2.0
Dependencies: openssl@3, linux-pam
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, arm64_monterey, arm64_big_sur, sonoma, ventura, monterey, big_sur, catalina, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
Version History
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