himalaya

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 = "[e-mail]"
display-name = "Your Name"
default = true

backend.type = "imap"
backend.host = "imap.example.com"
backend.port = 993
backend.encryption.type = "tls"
backend.login = "[e-mail]"
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 = "[e-mail]"
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 [e-mail] 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: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Test Message

Hello from Himalaya!
EOF