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Description:
Little brother's database for the mutt mail reader

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: email mutt contacts utility productivity

Install: brew install lbdb

About:
Lbdb (Little Brother's Database) is a utility that aggregates contact information from various sources like system address books, GPG keys, and remote LDAP directories. It formats this data specifically for integration with the Mutt email client, enabling advanced address completion. This allows users to leverage multiple contact backends seamlessly while composing emails in Mutt.

Key Features:

Supports multiple backends including GPG, LDAP, and system address books
Provides a unified interface for address completion in Mutt
Extensible architecture allows for custom data sources
Lightweight and scriptable for easy integration

Use Cases:

Integrating corporate LDAP directories with the Mutt email client
Aggregating personal contacts stored in GPG keys for email completion
Syncing address books from remote sources for offline access in Mutt

Alternatives:

abook – Standalone text-based address book, but lacks the multi-backend aggregation features of Lbdb
khard – Command-line carddav client, better for managing vCards but requires more setup for Mutt integration

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 14, 2024 5:10pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	44f099c2
Sep 14, 2024 1:12pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4d9e91bc