macOS
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brew install notmuchprovider-native install command
安装
其他安装命令
概览
软件包摘要
Thread-based email index, search, and tagging
项目链接
命令和别名
- notmuch
- notmuch-emacs-mua
- notmuch-git
历史
项目历史与用法
Notmuch is a thread-based email index, search, and tagging system built around local mail stores and Xapian search. It deliberately does not receive or send mail; instead it provides the database, CLI, library, tags, and frontends that let other tools build a mail workflow.
The project began as an answer to Sup. The Notmuch homepage says it started as an effort to rewrite Sup's performance-critical pieces in C rather than Ruby, then grew into a separate project with a clean separation between search/indexing and user interface.
项目历史
Notmuch's first public source tarball in the official release directory is notmuch-0.1.tar.gz, dated 2010-04-05. The project had many 0.x releases through the 2010s and reached version 0.40 on 2026-01-31.
The architecture choice that mattered was treating mail as a local searchable database with arbitrary tags. Xapian handles the heavy search work, while Notmuch exposes command-line tools, a C library, language bindings, an Emacs client, Vim support, Mutt integration, and scripts such as notmuch-git.
采用历史
Notmuch has long-running Unix email adoption rather than mass-market adoption. Its homepage lists packages for Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Gentoo, NetBSD, openSUSE, macOS Homebrew/MacPorts/pkgsrc, and Slackware, and the av.db package record also maps it across Homebrew, apk, Debian/Ubuntu, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, and zypper.
Homebrew's formula API reported 2,580 install-on-request events and 6,314 installs for notmuch in its 365-day analytics window. That is meaningful for a local-mail power-user tool, especially because many Notmuch users install from Linux distribution packages rather than Homebrew.
使用方式
Users point Notmuch at an existing Maildir-style mail store, run the initial setup/indexing flow, then use queries and tags to triage mail. Practical setups commonly pair it with offlineimap/isync or another mail synchronizer, an editor or terminal MUA, and tagging rules for inbox, lists, patches, and saved searches.
Package nerds use Notmuch as infrastructure: notmuch search for shell scripts, notmuch show for extracting messages or patches, Emacs notmuch for a full mail UI, notmuch-mutt for Mutt workflows, and language bindings or libnotmuch for custom tools.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Notmuch is one of the canonical examples of Unix-style personal information tooling: it does one hard local thing, makes it fast, keeps data out of hosted search, and lets frontends compete on workflow. Its long release history and packaging breadth make it much more significant than its mainstream visibility suggests.
时间线
- 2010-04-05: notmuch-0.1 tarball appears in the official release directory.
- 2011-12-26: Notmuch frontend wiki page created, later documenting shipped and external clients.
- 2025-03-15: Notmuch 0.39 released.
- 2026-01-31: Notmuch 0.40 released.
Related projects
- Sup
- Xapian
- notmuch-emacs
- notmuch-mutt
- notmuch-vim
- NeoMutt
- aerc
- alot
- astroid
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$NOTMUCH_CONFIG$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch/<profile>/config$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch/default/config~/.notmuch-config.<profile>~/.notmuch-config
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
notmuch | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
notmuch-emacs-mua | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
notmuch-git | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本0.40
管理器更新时间2026-06-22
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- OK没有生成新鲜度警告。
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:notmuch |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 0.40 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://notmuchmail.org/ |
| 最后更新 | 2026-06-22T14:05:38-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation