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Install sylpheed with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts

Simple, lightweight email-client. Version 3.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install sylpheed

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install sylpheed

MacPorts ports tree · mail/sylpheed/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install sylpheed

Debian stable package indexes · sylpheed · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install sylpheed

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · sylpheed · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

overview

Package summary

Simple, lightweight email-client

Commands and aliases

  • sylpheed

history

Project history and usage

Sylpheed is a lightweight GTK email client with a long Unix-desktop lineage and cross-platform packaging footprint. Its package-manager appeal comes from being a traditional local mail client that can be installed as a small native application rather than a web service.

Project history

The upstream repository describes Sylpheed as a GTK-based email client and carries copyright years from 1999 through 2022 under Hiroyuki Yamamoto. The project site emphasizes a simple interface, keyboard-oriented operation, MH-style one-message-per-file storage, filtering, GnuPG, SSL/TLS, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, and NNTP support.

The public project infrastructure moved toward GitHub in the 2020s: the official news page says the repository migrated to GitHub in November 2022, the wiki moved in December 2022, and bug tracking moved to GitHub Issues in January 2023.

Adoption history

Sylpheed has remained visible in Unix-like package ecosystems as a conservative GUI mail client: the input package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, and MacPorts package names. The upstream project also provides Windows and macOS builds or support notes, so package maintainers care about both Unix desktop integration and cross-platform behavior.

How it is used

Users install Sylpheed when they want a local desktop mail client with conventional accounts, filters, address books, local mail storage, and command integration. It is not mainly a CLI tool, but it matters to package-manager culture because it is a mature native app that distributions can build, patch, and ship.

Why package nerds care

Sylpheed is the sort of package that tests whether a package manager still handles classic desktop software well: GTK dependencies, optional crypto/mail features, platform-specific config paths, and long-lived upstream release practices. Its persistence across Homebrew and Linux distributions gives packagers a stable, real-world mail-client workload.

Timeline

  • 1999: Upstream README copyright range begins for Sylpheed.
  • 2006: The official news page says the Sylpheed mailing list had been used since this year.
  • 2018: Sylpheed 3.7 stable was released.
  • 2022: Sylpheed 3.8 beta added OAuth2 authentication support and the public repository migrated to GitHub.
  • 2023: Bug tracking moved to GitHub Issues.
  • 2025: The project announced discontinuation of its long-running mailing list, with GitHub Issues available for bug reports.

Related projects

  • Sylpheed's README explicitly compares its keyboard-oriented workflow with Mew and Wanderlust and its MH-format storage with other MH-based mailers. The official feature list also highlights integration with external mail tools such as fetchmail and procmail.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:client

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Installs with 12 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

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.

Linux
~/.sylpheed-2.0/sylpheedrc~/.sylpheed-2.0/accountrc
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed/sylpheedrc~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed/accountrc
Windows
%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\sylpheedrc%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\accountrc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux
~/.sylpheed-2.0/accountrc
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed/accountrc
Windows
%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\accountrc

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
sylpheedcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version3.7.0
manager updated2026-06-19
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:sylpheed
Version3.7.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sylpheed
Homepagehttps://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sylpheed-mail/sylpheed
Upstream docshttps://github.com/sylpheed-mail/sylpheed
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Source archivehttps://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/sylpheed/v3.7/sylpheed-3.7.0.tar.bz2
Last updated2026-06-19T12:33:03-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesat-spi2-core, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gpgme, gtk+, harfbuzz, libassuan, libgpg-error, openssl@3, pango
Build dependenciespkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namesylpheed
Version Scheme0
Revision8
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedyes
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

sylpheed 3.8.0~beta1-2+deb13u1

Light weight e-mail client with GTK+

https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

sudo apt install sylpheed
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 17 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • 11 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: sylpheed from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

sylpheed-i18n 3.8.0~beta1-2+deb13u1

Locale data for Sylpheed (i18n support)

https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

sudo apt install sylpheed-i18n
  • Section: localization
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: sylpheed
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: sylpheed-i18n from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

sylpheed-plugins 3.8.0~beta1-2+deb13u1

Loadable modules for extending Sylpheed features

https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

sudo apt install sylpheed-plugins
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sylpheed
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: sylpheed-plugins from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

sylpheed 3.8.0~beta1-1ubuntu5

Light weight e-mail client with GTK+

https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

sudo apt install sylpheed
  • Section: universe/mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 17 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • 11 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sylpheed from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

sylpheed-i18n 3.8.0~beta1-1ubuntu5

Locale data for Sylpheed (i18n support)

https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

sudo apt install sylpheed-i18n
  • Section: universe/mail
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: sylpheed
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sylpheed-i18n from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

sylpheed-plugins 3.8.0~beta1-1ubuntu5

Loadable modules for extending Sylpheed features

https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

sudo apt install sylpheed-plugins
  • Section: universe/mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sylpheed
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sylpheed-plugins from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

sylpheed 3.7.0-20.fc44

GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client

http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/

sudo dnf install sylpheed
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: sylpheed
  • 30 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sylpheed from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

sylpheed-devel 3.7.0-20.fc44

Development files for sylpheed

http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/

sudo dnf install sylpheed-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: sylpheed
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sylpheed-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

sylpheed-libs 3.7.0-20.fc44

Libraries for sylpheed

http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/

sudo dnf install sylpheed-libs
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: sylpheed
  • 23 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sylpheed-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

sylpheed

sudo port install sylpheed
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sylpheed
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: mail/sylpheed/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cairoRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gdk-pixbufRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gpgmeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gtk+Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • harfbuzzRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • s-nailShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, email-client, productivity.
  • aercShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity.
  • alotShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity.
  • alpineShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment