Alternatives to Pop

Compose and send email from the terminal. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Pop.

  • Himalaya

    Manage mail accounts through a command-line client.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Himalaya is a command-line client that reads as well as sends mail, supporting several protocols and local mailbox formats, under MIT or Apache-2.0.

  • aerc

    A terminal email client with vim-style keys, an embedded terminal for composing, and first-class support for git email workflows.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    aerc is a full terminal mail client with reading and composing, vim-style keys and git patch tools, but has no Windows build.

  • NeoMutt

    A fork of Mutt that gathered decades of scattered patches into one maintained terminal mail client.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    NeoMutt is a full terminal mail client that needs a written configuration file first and has no Windows build, under GPL-2.0.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.