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

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