Your email.
Your rules.

Keyboard-first

• /search mail
• gjump to a folder or tag
• c redit the rules
• c dedit the display rules
• m aarchive the selected message
• uundo, including server changes

Read HTML. Write Markdown.

Read HTML messages with remote images blocked until you allow them. Allow images from chosen senders; 1×1 tracking pixels remain blocked. Press m i to view the message source, or m l to list links and open the first nine with number keys.

Preview Markdown as you write, including tables, task lists, footnotes and strikethrough. Quoted plain text is excluded from Markdown formatting. Pasted images are attached and referenced in the message body.

Configure inboxctl in TOML

Edit themes, layout, fonts, and message columns using your editor or ours.

~/.config/inboxctl/config.toml

[ui]
theme = "inboxctl"
layout = "( folders / tags ) | ( message_list / message )"
message_list_format = [["unread", "flag"], "date", "from", "subject"]
block_images = true

[ui.font]
families = ["JetBrains Mono", "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font"]
size = 13.0

Handle email in bulk

Archive, mark read, delete, or move every search result with M followed by the action key. Use Space to select individual messages. Press u to undo.

Mail rules and display rules

File notifications automatically and flag mail that needs a reply.

# group GitHub mail by organization and repository
from:notifications@github.com
  subject~/^(?:Re: )?\[(?<owner>[^\/\]]+)\/(?<repo>[^\]]+)\]/
  -> file GitHub/${owner}/${repo} sort count

# file the mailing list and mark it read
list-id:rust-users -> file Lists/Rust, mark read

# flag mail from your boss and show a Dock dot
from:boss@corp.example is:unread -> flag, dot

# count unread messages in each folder
is:unread -> count folder

# drop the reply marker
from:notifications@github.com -> match:msg /^Re: / replace ""

# shorten the repository prefix and color it cyan
from:notifications@github.com -> match:msg /\[[^\]]+\/([^\]]+)\]/ replace "$1" cyan

# align PR numbers on the right
from:notifications@github.com -> ralign:msg /\S/ /#\d+$/

# show run results as green PASS or red FAIL
from:notifications@github.com -> match:msg /Run succeeded:/ replace "PASS" green
from:notifications@github.com -> match:msg /Run failed:/ replace "FAIL" red

Saving the file applies the rules to existing mail too. Errors are underlined; your last valid rules keep working.

More features

• Neovim and Kakoune

  Write messages and edit rules in Neovim or Kakoune with your existing configuration.

• Custom counts and badges

  Choose what the sidebar counts and when the Dock icon shows a badge.

• Quote selected text

  Select a passage to quote in your reply.

• Multiple sender identities

  Switch identities, each with its own signature, Reply-To address, and Bcc settings.

• Drafts

  Save drafts locally.

• Color picker

  Click a hex color in the config editor to adjust it visually.

• Standard or Emacs keys

  Both include incremental search.

• Add an account by typing your address

  Setup includes a link to create an app password.

• Recent mail syncs first

  Read and manage recent messages while older mail downloads in the background.

• Folder management

  Create, delete, hide, or stop syncing a folder from the folder pane.

• Automatic folder recognition

  Recognizes your provider’s trash, drafts, and archive folders.

• POP3 accounts

  Download mail with the option to keep a copy on the server.