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aerc is a terminal-based e-mail client with Vim-style keybindings and an ex-command system. It uses an embedded teminal which allows to use any terminal-editor as an embedded component to compose e-mails. aerc comes with inbuilt support for IMAP and SMTP, but also supports Maildir and Notmuch. While aerc provides a simple wizard to set up an e-mail account, the complete configuration is handled in text files within `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc`.

aerc is written in Go and uses the Tcell package for the terminal UI.

## Installation

Install the aerc package.

## Tips and tricks

### Khard as addressbook provider

khard can be configured as an address book provider[1]:

    $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc/aerc.conf

    [compose]
    address-book-cmd=khard email --parsable --remove-first-line %s

## See also

- The official aerc website
- The aerc repository
- The aerc Wiki

Categories:

- Email clients
- Console applications