#aerc

aerc is an email client for your terminal.

A short demonstration can be found on https://aerc-mail.org/

Join the IRC channel: #aerc on irc.freenode.net for end-user support, and #aerc-dev for development.

#Usage

On its first run, aerc will copy the default config files to ~/.config/aerc on Linux or ~/Library/Preferences/aerc on MacOS (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc if set) and show the account configuration wizard.

If you redirect stdout to a file, logging output will be written to that file:

$ aerc > log

For instructions and documentation: see man aerc and further specific man pages on there.

Note that the example HTML filter (off by default), additionally needs w3m and dante to be installed.

#Installation

#Binary Packages

Recent versions of aerc are available on:

• Alpine
• Arch
• macOS through Homebrew

And likely other platforms.

#From Source

Install the dependencies:

• go (>=1.13)
• scdoc

Then compile aerc:

$ make

aerc optionally supports notmuch. To enable it, you need to have a recent version of notmuch, including the header files (notmuch.h). Then compile aerc with the necessary build tags:

$ GOFLAGS=-tags=notmuch make

To install aerc locally:

# make install

#Resources

Send patches and questions to ~sircmpwn/aerc@lists.sr.ht

Instructions for preparing a patch are available at git-send-email.io

Subscribe to release announcements on ~sircmpwn/aerc-announce

Bugs & todo here: ~sircmpwn/aerc2