# Install neverest with Homebrew, Nix Synchronize, backup, and restore emails. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:neverest ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install neverest ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#neverest ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neverest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:neverest - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.0 - **Source summary:** Synchronize, backup, and restore emails - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-19T07:50:49-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - neverest (cli) - neverest (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.1.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/pimalaya/neverest - Upstream latest detected: v0.1.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Neverest is a Rust CLI for synchronizing, backing up, and restoring email. It belongs to the Pimalaya family of open-source personal-information-management tools. ### Project history The Neverest repository was initialized in April 2024. Its release feed records a `root` tag on 2024-04-10, v0.1.0 on 2024-04-15, and v1.0.0-beta shortly after. The v0.1.0 release note says the project was initiated from Himalaya CLI, which explains its place in the Pimalaya email-tool split. ### Adoption history Neverest remains early and very niche as a packaged tool. GitHub showed roughly 310 stars and 11 forks when researched on 2026-07-01, while the Homebrew formula still packaged stable 0.1.0 and reported only 27 install-on-request events over 365 days. ### How it is used The upstream main-branch README documents unreleased v1 behavior and explicitly warns that v1 is not yet released, while Homebrew packages v0.1.0. The v1 docs describe IMAP, JMAP, and local m2dir backends; account initialization; `neverest sync`; dry runs; mailbox filters; per-side permissions; and an incremental cache under `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/neverest//state.json`. For package nerds, the important bit is the backend model: Neverest is not just a mail fetcher, but a bidirectional sync engine with explicit local/remote sides and conservative controls for create/delete/update behavior. The packaging lag means users need to check which command surface their installed version actually exposes. ### Why package nerds care Neverest is significant inside the Pimalaya ecosystem because email sync moved out of Himalaya into a focused CLI. Outside that ecosystem, source evidence supports calling it experimental rather than widely adopted. ### Timeline - 2024-04-10: Release feed shows initial `root` tag. - 2024-04-15: v0.1.0 release note says Neverest was initiated from Himalaya CLI. - 2024-09-03: Release feed shows v1.0.0-beta update. - 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable 0.1.0 and 27 install-on-request events over 365 days. ### Related projects - Himalaya CLI is the parent/sibling email CLI from which Neverest's sync scope was split. - Mirador is another Pimalaya CLI split focused on watching mailbox changes. - m2m is referenced by Neverest as a Maildir-to-m2dir migration helper. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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 - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/neverest/config.toml, ~/.config/neverest/config.toml, ~/.neverestrc ## Credential files - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/neverest/config.toml, ~/.config/neverest/config.toml, ~/.neverestrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** neverest - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - neverest: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neverest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [himalaya](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/himalaya/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [meli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, imap, jmap, productivity. - [offlineimap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/offlineimap/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, imap, productivity, sync. - [mailcheck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mailcheck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, imap, productivity. - [neomutt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/neomutt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, imap, productivity. - [aerc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [alot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [alpine](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alpine/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [imapsync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imapsync/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: backup, cli, email, imap, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/neverest.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/neverest.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph