# NeoMutt

8 Hacker News commenters recommended NeoMutt and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free terminal email client that people find simple, stable and light on resources, and recommend alongside Thunderbird for handling mail.

## Why people recommend it

- Well regarded and loved by users (2 comments): "have heard great things about it and it is definitely worthy of consideration" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391841)) "I love Neomutt, or Newsboat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509364))

## 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
- [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, "NeoMutt", https://hackerapproved.com/p/neomutt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).