Description:
Thread-based email index, search, and tagging
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Type: Formula
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Latest Version: 0.39@2
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Tracked Since: Oct 19, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Productivity
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Tags:
email
search
indexing
cli
productivity
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Install:
brew install notmuch
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About:
Notmuch is a command-line based system for indexing, searching, and tagging large collections of email messages. It uses the Xapian information retrieval library to provide extremely fast full-text search capabilities across your entire mail archive. Unlike traditional mail clients, it operates on top of your existing mail storage, allowing you to tag messages flexibly without the constraints of traditional folder structures.
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Key Features:
- Fast full-text search across massive email archives
- Flexible tagging system instead of folder-based organization
- Command-line interface for efficient mail management
- Integrates with existing mail storage (Maildir/mbox)
- Extensible via library bindings for Python, Ruby, and others
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Use Cases:
- Managing large software development mailing lists
- Power-user email organization and rapid search
- Building custom email workflows and interfaces
- Archiving and searching historical email data
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Alternatives:
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mu
– Similar CLI email indexer with comparable search performance and mu4e Emacs integration
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mairix
– Older email search tool, less sophisticated than Notmuch's threading and tagging model
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