# Alpine email client

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Alpine email client and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a terminal mail client that handles a normal modern email workflow with a few workarounds, and that keeps them productive.

## Why people recommend it

- Handles modern email workflow (1 comments): "I use (al)pine exclusively and with only three or four hacks/workarounds manage a normal, modern email workflow." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49947035))
- Productive for writing (1 comments): "A stupid setup, perhaps, but it was productive, and I wrote." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938468))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mutt email client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mutt.md): 26 recommend
- [aerc email client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aerc.md): 9 recommend
- [NeoMutt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neomutt.md): 8 recommend
- [Pine email client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pine.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

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