# Install tmpmail with Homebrew, apk, Nix Temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh. Version 1.2.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tmpmail ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tmpmail ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add tmpmail ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tmpmail from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tmpmail ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tm/tmpmail/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tmpmail - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.3 - **Source summary:** Temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - tmpmail (cli) - tmpmail (alias) ## Dependencies - w3m - xclip ## Uses from macOS - jq ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.2.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail - Upstream latest detected: v1.2.3 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage tmpmail is a POSIX sh command-line utility for creating and reading temporary email addresses from the terminal. ### Project history The official README describes tmpmail as a terminal temporary-email client that uses the 1secmail API to receive mail. It credits Mitch Weaver's 1secmail script as a major inspiration, placing tmpmail in the small-script tradition of wrapping web APIs for terminal use. The project keeps the implementation deliberately portable: the README emphasizes POSIX sh and common command-line dependencies such as curl, jq, w3m, and xclip. ### Adoption history tmpmail's own README documents AUR, Pacstall, Nixpkgs, and Docker installation paths. The supplied source facts additionally list Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix package-manager entries. This distribution pattern fits the tool's purpose: users often want a disposable inbox while testing signups, verification flows, or mail delivery from a terminal session, so package-manager availability is part of the value. ### How it is used The README documents generating a random or custom temporary address, listing an inbox, opening a message by numeric ID, viewing the most recent message, copying the address to the clipboard, listing available domains, and rendering HTML email through a terminal or graphical browser. In the package-nerd niche, tmpmail is commonly useful as a throwaway CLI dependency in testing, demos, and local scripts where setting up a real mailbox would be heavier than the task deserves. ### Why package nerds care tmpmail matters because it packages disposable email as a normal Unix command. Its design favors shells, pipes, text browsers, and package managers over hosted dashboards. ### Timeline - 2026: GitHub shows the tmpmail repository with thousands of stars and a compact POSIX sh codebase. - 2026: The batch source facts list tmpmail packages for Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix. ### Related projects - 1secmail is the email API named by the tmpmail README. - Mitch Weaver's 1secmail script is credited by the README as a major inspiration. ### Sources - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tmpmail - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - tmpmail: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tm/tmpmail/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - tmpmail - 1.2.3-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tmpmail from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh | https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail - apk - tmpmail-doc - 1.2.3-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tmpmail-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh (documentation) | https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [w3m](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/w3m/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [xclip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xclip/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [checkdmarc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/checkdmarc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [fetchmail](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fetchmail/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [getmail6](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/getmail6/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [isync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/isync/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [mailutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mailutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [mpop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [msmtp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/msmtp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [sendemail](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sendemail/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, networking. - [ggh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ggh/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, terminal, your. - [mapscii](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mapscii/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, terminal, your. - [superseedr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/superseedr/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, terminal, your. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tmpmail.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tmpmail.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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