mu AlternativesEmail Clients and other similar apps like mu

mu is described as 'Tool for dealing with e-mail messages stored in the Maildir-format, on Unix-like systems. mu's main purpose is to help you to find the messages you need, quickly; in addition, it allows you to view messages, extract attachments, create new maildirs, …' and is a Email Client in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to mu for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best mu alternative is Thunderbird, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mu are Betterbird, Columba, iRedMail and Mailbox for Zoho.

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  1. Thunderbird icon

    Thunderbird

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    Cross-platform email client supporting multiple identities, chat, and strong filtering. Extend functionality with add-ons like RSS/Atom feed readers and PGP support.

    87 Thunderbird alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    • Thunderbird is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to mu.

    • Thunderbird is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to mu.

    • Thunderbird is Free and Open Sourcemu is also Free and Open Source
    • Thunderbird is Customizable and Privacy focusedmu is not according to our users
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    Betterbird

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    Betterbird, a soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird, improves user experience with advanced features, bug fixes, security patches, and multi-row descriptions similar to Outlook. Compatible with multiple platforms and can be used alongside Thunderbird, sharing the same profile.

    28 Betterbird alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Chocolatey
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  4. Columba icon

    Columba

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    Columba is an email client written in Java, featuring a user-friendly graphical interface with wizards and internalionalization support. Its a powerful mail management tool with features to enhance your productivity and communication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. iRedMail icon

    iRedMail

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    A fully fledged, free email server solution, an open source project (GPL v2).

    Use official binary packages from Linux/BSD distributions, with both i386 and x86_64 support.

    Easy, fast deployment in LESS THAN 1 MINUTE. View YouTube Video to check how easy it is.

    Works on both no.

    66 iRedMail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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    • iRedMail is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to mu.

    • iRedMail is Freemium and Open Sourcemu is Free and Open Source
  6. Mailbox for Zoho icon

    Mailbox for Zoho

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    Multi-Account Zoho client for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Zoho Mail
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    • Mailbox for Zoho is the most popular commercial alternative to mu.

    • Mailbox for Zoho is Paid and Proprietarymu is Free and Open Source
    • Mailbox for Zoho is Lightweightmu is not according to our users
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    notmuch

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    Notmuch is a system for indexing, searching, reading, and tagging large collections of email messages. It uses the Xapian library to provide fast, full-text search of very large collection of email with a very convenient search syntax.

    7 notmuch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Nmzmail icon

    Nmzmail

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    nmzmail is a tool, primarily to be used with mutt, for indexing and searching maildir folders. Based on the result of a search query using the search

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. astroid

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    Astroid is a Mail User Agent. As such, all Astroid provides is a graphical interface to your email. Thus, Astroid enables you to launch actions that rely on the performance of other programs to actually fetch, sync, index, search and send your email.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. TouchMail icon

    TouchMail

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    Navigate messages with zooms and swipes across your messages.

    Turn your email into colorful, visual tiles you can explore with your fingers or mouse. Rich 3D visualizations and familiar gestures make TouchMail the fastest and easiest way to keep your inbox clean and keep import.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Visual mail
     
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