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meli vs nmail: catalog facts
meli	nmail
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the MIT and GPL-2.0 licenses.
macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Supports IMAP, Maildir, notmuch, JMAP and mbox Plain text configuration with sane defaults	IMAP and SMTP support Searches local cache and server messages
Described by its developers as experimental Non-UTF-8 encodings are read-only	Does not support multiple email accounts in a single session. Does not provide a threaded view.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT, GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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