# aerc email client

9 Hacker News commenters recommended aerc email client and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A fast terminal email client that supports Maildir and works with Gmail, Outlook and Yandex, recommended by people who moved over from Mutt. The most common caveat is inconsistent documentation.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast and no issues (2 comments): "I've only ever used aerc and have had no issues in the few months I've been using it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48725751)) "I’ve never been this fast when it comes to email." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703517))
- Supports Maildir and multiple providers (2 comments): "AERC as a mail client it's written in Go and it's supports Maildir, so that's it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50195972)) "this is the one I use with Gmail, Outlook, Yandex" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49986778))

## What people warn about

- Inconsistent documentation and wiki (1 comments): "the documentation (or at least the wiki) is inconsistent within itself at times" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777087))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mutt email client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mutt.md): 26 recommend
- [NeoMutt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neomutt.md): 8 recommend
- [Pine email client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pine.md): 5 recommend
- [Alpine email client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/alpine-email-client.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "aerc email client", https://hackerapproved.com/p/aerc/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).