Alpine email client
Shares rank 4 of 5 terminal email clients by recommenders
People recommend it as a terminal mail client that handles a normal modern email workflow with a few workarounds, and that keeps them productive.
People recommend it as a terminal mail client that handles a normal modern email workflow with a few workarounds, and that keeps them productive.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Handles modern email workflow
“I use (al)pine exclusively and with only three or four hacks/workarounds manage a normal, modern email workflow.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Make Tmux the OS” Productive for writing
“A stupid setup, perhaps, but it was productive, and I wrote.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Blogging with Gleam, Org-Mode and Pandoc”
Other terminal email clients people recommend
The four most recommended other terminal email clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutt email client | 26 | 0 | 100% | 9 | — | Approved |
| aerc email client | 9 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| NeoMutt | 8 | 1 | 89% | 7 | — | — |
| Alpine email clientThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Pine email client | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I use (al)pine exclusively and with only three or four hacks/workarounds manage a normal, modern email workflow.”
“A stupid setup, perhaps, but it was productive, and I wrote.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.