notmuch
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
1warn against
Nov 12, 2025first mention
Oct 14, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“use notmuch for searching/indexing. It's amazing.”
Linux useron “Thunderbird for iOS”
“tightly integrated with notmuch(a common mail full text search engine) tagging engine”
Caveats and dissent
“I tried Notmuch, but it didn't work so well with the upstream mailboxes.”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Thunderbird for iOS 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) 1 mention
- Is aerc better than neomutt now? 1 mention
- Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving 1 mention
- I have officially retired from Emacs 1 mention
- Putting email in its place with Emacs and Mu4e 1 mention
Also written as Notmuch. Data: notmuch.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“use notmuch for searching/indexing. It's amazing.”
“tightly integrated with notmuch(a common mail full text search engine) tagging engine”
“involved setups with notmuch/isync”
“I also use notmuch for email.”
“For email I use notmuch.”
“I tried Notmuch, but it didn't work so well with the upstream mailboxes.”
“I use notmuch, which is tags based.”