vimail — Terminal email client with Vim keybindings

● Features

Vim-style modal editing — Normal, Insert, Visual, and Command modes
3-pane layout — Mailbox sidebar, message list, and preview pane
10 color themes — vimail, tokyonight, catppuccin, kanagawa, gruvbox, nord, matrix, cliamp, omarchy, system
MCP server — vimail mcp lets Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or any MCP client read, search, review, and manage your mail — sending stays off unless you opt in
AI compose assistant — :ai to draft emails with Claude, Ollama, Gemini, or any CLI agent
Compose with Vim — Full Vim keybindings in the message editor: operators, counts, visual line mode, search
Multiple accounts — Manage several email accounts in one view
Pure Go — No CGO, single static binary

● Install

Download binary v0.11.0 — no Go required

vimail-darwin-arm64.tar.gz    macOS (Apple Silicon)
vimail-darwin-amd64.tar.gz    macOS (Intel)
vimail-linux-amd64.tar.gz     Linux (x86_64)
vimail-linux-arm64.tar.gz     Linux (ARM64)

Extract and move the binary to your PATH. See all releases.

Go install

$ go install github.com/gausejakub/vimail@latest

From source

$ git clone https://github.com/gausejakub/vimail.git
$ cd vimail
$ go build -o vimail .
$ mv vimail ~/.local/bin/

Run

$ vimail

Go install requires Go 1.26+. All methods require a terminal with truecolor support.

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