Command-line tool

gyb

brew/gyb

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

CLI for backing up and restoring Gmail messages

Website Source

At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install gyb

Linux

brew install gyb

Estimate the number and the size of all emails on your Gmail account

gyb --email email@gmail.com --action estimate

Back up a Gmail account to a specific directory

gyb --email email@gmail.com --action backup --local-folder path/to/directory

Back up only important or starred emails from a Gmail account to the default local folder

gyb --email email@gmail.com --search "is:important OR is:starred"

Browse

• Email

Related command-line tools

• gmail-ro
  gmail-ro (Windows package; no description in the winget index) cli oauth google email gmail readonly
• gmailctl
  Declarative configuration for Gmail filters
• dumpsync
  DumpSync is a lightweight tool designed for efficiently dumping and restoring MySQL databases. Whether you need to…
• imap-backup
  Backup GMail (or other IMAP) accounts to disk
• legit
  Command-line interface for Git, optimized for workflow simplicity
• googleworkspace-cli
  CLI for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more automation cli google-chat ai-agent google-api…

Listing text is written by the maker; AptLynx lists tools and does not vouch for them. Find another tool · Browse by topic · For agents