# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 mailsy

查看 mailsy 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:mailsy
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mailsy
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mailsy
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mailsy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:mailsy
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 5.0.0
- **来源摘要:** Quickly generate a temporary email address
- **主页:** <https://github.com/BalliAsghar/Mailsy>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- mailsy (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 5.0.0
## 项目历史与用法

Mailsy is a small Node.js CLI for generating and managing disposable email addresses from the terminal. The README says it uses the mail.tm API, copies generated addresses to the clipboard, can fetch messages, show account details, and delete the temporary account.

### 项目历史

The public GitHub repository was created in March 2022. Official release metadata available through GitHub begins with the 3.0.x series in September 2022 and continues through a 5.0.0 release in May 2024.

The project remained focused on a narrow terminal workflow rather than becoming a full email client: generate an address with `mailsy g`, fetch mail with `mailsy m`, inspect account details with `mailsy me`, and dispose of the account with `mailsy d`.

### 采用历史

Mailsy's README documents npm global installation and Homebrew installation for macOS users, and links Alfred and Raycast extensions. The input package-manager facts confirm Homebrew and Nix availability.

Repository metadata shows several hundred GitHub stars, indicating modest but real uptake among developers who need throwaway inboxes for tests, signups, or quick verification flows.

### 使用方式

Typical usage is interactive and clipboard-oriented: run the CLI to create a disposable address, use it wherever a throwaway inbox is needed, then select messages from a terminal prompt and open them in the default browser. Deleting the account rotates to a new address.

For package users, Mailsy is useful because it wraps the mail.tm disposable-mail workflow in a short command with no local service to run. It is best understood as a convenience CLI rather than infrastructure.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Mailsy is a small example of the modern npm-to-Homebrew pipeline for developer conveniences: a global Node CLI gains enough utility to appear in system package managers, even though the project itself is intentionally tiny.

Its importance is practical rather than architectural: it gives shell users a quick disposable inbox without building their own API wrapper or leaving the terminal.

### 时间线

- 2022: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2022: GitHub release metadata shows 3.0.x releases.
- 2023: 4.0.x releases published.
- 2024: 5.0.0 release published.

### Related projects

- The README says Mailsy uses the mail.tm API.
- The README links companion Alfred and Raycast extensions for the same disposable-email workflow.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/BalliAsghar/Mailsy>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/BalliAsghar/Mailsy/releases>
- <https://github.com/BalliAsghar/Mailsy>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - mailsy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mailsy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mailsy.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mailsy.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph