Command-line tool

notmuch

brew/notmuch

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Thread-based email index, search, and tagging

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install notmuch

Linux

brew install notmuch

Configure for first use

notmuch setup

Add a tag for all messages matching a search term

notmuch tag +custom_tag "search_term"

Remove a tag for all messages matching a search term

notmuch tag -custom_tag "search_term"

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