Welcome to Muttator

Muttator is a free add-on for Thunderbird, which makes it look and behave like the Vim text editor. It has similar key bindings, and you could call it a modal mail client, as key bindings differ according to which mode you are in.

Warning: To provide the most authentic Vim experience, Muttator hides the Thunderbird menubar and toolbar by default. Most users find them unnecessary once they're used to Vimperator, but if you really need them, type: :set guioptions+=mT to get them back.
If you don't like Muttator at all, you can uninstall it by typing :addons and removing/disabling it.
If you like it, but can't remember the shortcuts, press <F1> or :help.

Muttator was initially written by Martin Stubenschrott but has found a few other contributors in the meanwhile. If you appreciate the work on Muttator and want to encourage us working on it more, you can send us greetings, patches, or donations (thanks a lot to nobody as seen on the donors page):

If you prefer getting some nice products for your money, you can also support us by buying some cool merchandise like t-shirts or mugs. Of course, as we believe in free, open source software, only support us financially if you really like Muttator and the money doesn't hurt — otherwise just use it, recommend it, and like it :)

Download Muttator
Version 0.5 for Thunderbird 3.0b3pre+ 		WARNING: Muttator is still alpha-software, so not all features will work yet. However, I use it myself already to manage my mails.

If you want to follow Muttator development, you can also get the source code or nightly snapshots with these instructions. Be aware that those builds could have serious bugs and break scripts/functionality regularly, so only use it if you aware of the drawback of development versions.

Features

  • Vim-like keybindings (h, j, k, l, gg, G, 0, $, ZZ, <C-f>, etc.)
  • Ex-commands (:quit, :goto Inbox, …)
  • Tab completion available for all commands with support for 'longest' matching when set in 'wildmode'
  • Hit-a-hint like navigation of links (start with f to follow a link)
  • Minimal GUI (easily hide useless menubar and toolbar with :set guioptions=f)
  • Ability to :source javascript files, and to use a ~/.muttatorrc file
  • Count supported for many commands (3<C-o> will go back 3 messages)
  • Beep on errors
  • :map support (and feedkeys() for script writers)
  • :time support for profiling
  • Many other Vimperator features are available when in -- MESSAGE -- mode

Contact

Please send comments/bug reports/patches to the Vimperator mailing list, where a lively community will properly answer most questions. You can also join the #vimperator IRC channel on freenode or check the Wiki for frequently asked questions (FAQ)?.