Is aerc better than neomutt now?

4 points · 1 visible top comment · 2026-06-29 16:35:52 UTC

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Back in 2019 when aerc just came out it wasn't as good as neomutt (atleast thats what people here claimed). Any power users of aerc I wanna know how your experience has been especially if you work with git patch workflow which has first class support out of the box in aerc.

I have personally tried aerc and really found no issues with it but I want to know why some people prefer neomutt with mutt-wizard over aerc especially today as I believe aerc has matured a lot since its first release.

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goodmythical · 2026-06-29 21:48:25 UTC

Not really a "power user" per se, though the act of managing email in CLI probably opts me in to that description.

For what they're worth, I've only ever used aerc and have had no issues in the few months I've been using it, though I just use it to check and respond to email.