macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install notmuchlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install notmuchMacPorts ports tree · mail/notmuch/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add notmuchAlpine Linux edge package indexes · notmuch · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install notmuchDebian stable package indexes · notmuch · 来源: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install notmuchFedora Rawhide package metadata · notmuch · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#notmuchnixpkgs package indexes · notmuch · 来源: raw.githubusercontent.com
Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S notmuchArch Linux sync databases · notmuch · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install notmuchopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · notmuch · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
软件包摘要
Thread-based email index, search, and tagging
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
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 6 个平台目标。
- 安装时包含 8 个运行时依赖。
- 构建元数据列出 6 个构建依赖。
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 | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
notmuch-emacs-mua | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
notmuch-git | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
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2026-07-10
管理器版本0.40
管理器更新时间2026-06-22
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://notmuchmail.org/none 置信度
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 |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/notmuch |
| 主页 | https://notmuchmail.org/ |
| 仓库 | https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch |
| 上游文档 | https://notmuchmail.org/doc/latest |
| 许可证 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| 源码归档 | https://notmuchmail.org/releases/notmuch-0.40.tar.xz |
| 最后更新 | 2026-06-22T14:05:38-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| 依赖 | cffi, gettext, glib, gmime, python@3.14, sfsexp, talloc, xapian |
| 构建依赖 | doxygen, emacs, gnupg, libgpg-error, pkgconf, sphinx-doc |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | notmuch |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
elpa-notmuch 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging (emacs interface)
sudo apt install elpa-notmuch- Section: mail
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: notmuch
- 2 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
libnotmuch-dev 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging (development)
sudo apt install libnotmuch-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: notmuch
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
libnotmuch5t64 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging (runtime)
sudo apt install libnotmuch5t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: notmuch
- 8 依赖
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
notmuch 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging
sudo apt install notmuch- Section: mail
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 依赖
- 9 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
notmuch-doc 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging
sudo apt install notmuch-doc- Section: mail
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: notmuch
- 1 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
notmuch-git 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging
sudo apt install notmuch-git- Section: mail
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: notmuch
- 3 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
notmuch-mutt 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging (Mutt interface)
sudo apt install notmuch-mutt- Section: mail
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: notmuch
- 5 依赖
- 2 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
notmuch-vim 0.39-1
thread-based email index, search and tagging (vim interface)
sudo apt install notmuch-vim- Section: mail
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: notmuch
- 5 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
python3-notmuch2 0.39-1
Python 3 interface to the notmuch mail search and index library
sudo apt install python3-notmuch2- Section: python
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: notmuch
- 5 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Debian apt95%
ruby-notmuch 0.39-1
Ruby interface to the notmuch mail search and index library
sudo apt install ruby-notmuch- Section: ruby
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: notmuch
- 4 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Nix95%
notmuch
nix profile install nixpkgs#notmuch- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Ubuntu apt95%
elpa-notmuch 0.38.3-1ubuntu2
thread-based email index, search and tagging (emacs interface)
sudo apt install elpa-notmuch- Section: universe/mail
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: notmuch
- 2 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Ubuntu apt95%
libnotmuch-dev 0.38.3-1ubuntu2
thread-based email index, search and tagging (development)
sudo apt install libnotmuch-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: notmuch
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Ubuntu apt95%
libnotmuch5t64 0.38.3-1ubuntu2
thread-based email index, search and tagging (runtime)
sudo apt install libnotmuch5t64- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: notmuch
- 8 依赖
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Ubuntu apt95%
notmuch 0.38.3-1ubuntu2
thread-based email index, search and tagging
sudo apt install notmuch- Section: universe/mail
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 依赖
- 8 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
Ubuntu apt95%
notmuch-doc 0.38.3-1ubuntu2
thread-based email index, search and tagging
sudo apt install notmuch-doc- Section: universe/mail
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: notmuch
- 1 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Notmuch
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使用的来源
- 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