| name | himalaya |
| description | CLI to manage emails via IMAP/SMTP. Use `himalaya` to list, read, write, reply, forward, search, and organize emails from the terminal. |
| homepage | https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya |
| metadata | {"openclaw":{"emoji":"📧","requires":{"bins":["himalaya"]},"install":[{"id":"brew","kind":"brew","formula":"himalaya","bins":["himalaya"],"label":"Install Himalaya (brew)"}]}} |
Himalaya Email CLI
Himalaya is a CLI email client using IMAP, SMTP, Notmuch, or Sendmail backends.
Setup
Run himalaya account configure or create ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml:
[accounts.personal]
email = "you@example.com"
display-name = "Your Name"
default = true
backend.type = "imap"
backend.host = "imap.example.com"
backend.port = 993
backend.encryption.type = "tls"
backend.login = "you@example.com"
backend.auth.type = "password"
backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/imap"
message.send.backend.type = "smtp"
message.send.backend.host = "smtp.example.com"
message.send.backend.port = 587
message.send.backend.encryption.type = "start-tls"
message.send.backend.login = "you@example.com"
message.send.backend.auth.type = "password"
message.send.backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/smtp"
Common Operations
- List folders:
himalaya folder list
- List emails:
himalaya envelope list
- List in folder:
himalaya envelope list --folder "Sent"
- Search:
himalaya envelope list from john@example.com subject meeting
- Read email:
himalaya message read 42
- Reply:
himalaya message reply 42
- Reply all:
himalaya message reply 42 --all
- Forward:
himalaya message forward 42
- Compose:
himalaya message write
- Move:
himalaya message move 42 "Archive"
- Copy:
himalaya message copy 42 "Important"
- Delete:
himalaya message delete 42
- Add flag:
himalaya flag add 42 --flag seen
- Remove flag:
himalaya flag remove 42 --flag seen
Send directly
cat << 'EOF' | himalaya template send
From: you@example.com
To: recipient@example.com
Subject: Test Message
Hello from Himalaya!
EOF
