📫 Himalaya Vim

Vim front-end for the email client Himalaya CLI

We are looking for new maintainer(s), feel free to contact us! (#28)

Table of contents

• Installation
• Configuration
  • g:himalaya_account_picker
  • g:himalaya_always_confirm
  • g:himalaya_complete_contact_cmd
  • g:himalaya_config_path
  • g:himalaya_custom_email_flags
  • g:himalaya_executable
  • g:himalaya_folder_picker_telescope_preview
  • g:himalaya_folder_picker
• Usage
  • List accounts
  • List folders
  • List, filter and sort envelopes
  • Read message
  • Write message
• Sponsoring

Installation

First you need to install and configure the Himalaya CLI. Then you can install this plugin with your favorite plugin manager:

packer.nvim

use "https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya-vim"

:PackerSync

vim-plug

Plug 'https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya-vim'

:PlugInstall

Configuration

It is highly recommanded to have those Vim options on:

syntax on
filetype plugin on
set hidden

g:himalaya_account_picker

Defines the provider used for selecting accounts (default keybind: gA):

• native (default): a vim native input
• fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
• fzflua: https://github.com/ibhagwan/fzf-lua
• telescope: https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim

If no value given, the first loaded (and available) provider will be used (telescope > fzf > native).

let g:himalaya_account_picker = 'native' | 'fzf' | 'fzflua' | 'telescope'

g:himalaya_always_confirm

Defines whenever Himalaya Vim should always ask before moving or deleting a message. Defaults to 1.

g:himalaya_complete_contact_cmd

Defines the command to use for contact completion. When this is set, completefunc will be set when composing emails so that contacts can be completed with <C-x><C-u>.

The command must print each possible result on its own line. Each line must contain tab-separated fields; the first must be the email address, and the second, if present, must be the name. %s in the command will be replaced with the search query.

let g:himalaya_complete_contact_cmd = '<your completion command>'

g:himalaya_config_path

Override the default TOML configuration file.

g:himalaya_custom_email_flags

Defines the list of additional custom flags that himalaya-vim should be aware of. They should be specified as a list of strings:

let g:himalaya_custom_email_flags = ['custom1', 'custom2']

g:himalaya_executable

Defines a custom path for the himalaya binary. Defaults to himalaya.

g:himalaya_folder_picker_telescope_preview

Enables folder preview when picking a folder with the telescope.nvim provider.

let g:himalaya_folder_picker_telescope_preview = 1

g:himalaya_folder_picker

Defines the provider used for selecting folders (default keybind: gm):

• native (default): a vim native input
• fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
• fzflua: https://github.com/ibhagwan/fzf-lua
• telescope: https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim

If no value given, the first loaded (and available) provider will be used (telescope > fzf > native).

let g:himalaya_folder_picker = 'native' | 'fzf' | 'fzflua' | 'telescope'

Usage

List accounts

:HimalayaAccounts

Opens an account picker to switch between configured accounts. The picker respects the g:himalaya_account_picker configuration or auto-detects available pickers (telescope > fzflua > fzf > native).

List folders

With the native picker (default):

With the telescope.nvim picker:

With the fzf.vim picker:

List, filter and sort envelopes

:Himalaya

Function	Keybind
Change the current account	gA
Change the current folder	gm
Show previous page	gp
Show next page	gn
Read email under cursor	<Enter>
Write a new email	gw
Reply to the email under cursor	gr
Reply all to the email under cursor	gR
Forward the email under cursor	gf
Download all attachments of email under cursor	ga
Copy the email under cursor	gC
Move the email under cursor	gM
Delete email(s) under cursor or visual selection	gD
Add the specified flag to the selected email(s)	gFa
Remove the specified flag from the selected email(s)	gFr
Filter and sort envelopes according to the given query	g/

Keybinds can be customized:

nmap gA   <plug>(himalaya-account-select)
nmap gm   <plug>(himalaya-folder-select)
nmap gp   <plug>(himalaya-folder-select-previous-page)
nmap gn   <plug>(himalaya-folder-select-next-page)
nmap <cr> <plug>(himalaya-email-read)
nmap gw   <plug>(himalaya-email-write)
nmap gr   <plug>(himalaya-email-reply)
nmap gR   <plug>(himalaya-email-reply-all)
nmap gf   <plug>(himalaya-email-forward)
nmap ga   <plug>(himalaya-email-download-attachments)
nmap gC   <plug>(himalaya-email-copy)
nmap gM   <plug>(himalaya-email-move)
nmap gD   <plug>(himalaya-email-delete)
nmap gFa  <plug>(himalaya-email-flag-add)
nmap gFr  <plug>(himalaya-email-flag-remove)
nmap g/   <plug>(himalaya-set-list-envelopes-query)

See himalaya envelopes list --help for more detailed information about the query API.

Read message

Function	Keybind
Write a new email	gw
Reply to the email	gr
Reply all to the email	gR
Forward the email	gf
Download all email attachments	ga
Copy the email	gC
Move the email	gM
Delete the email	gD
Open the mail in the browser	go

Keybinds can be customized:

nmap gw <plug>(himalaya-email-write)
nmap gr <plug>(himalaya-email-reply)
nmap gR <plug>(himalaya-email-reply-all)
nmap gf <plug>(himalaya-email-forward)
nmap ga <plug>(himalaya-email-download-attachments)
nmap gC <plug>(himalaya-email-copy)
nmap gM <plug>(himalaya-email-move)
nmap gD <plug>(himalaya-email-delete)
nmap go <plug>(himalaya-email-open-browser)

Write message

Function	Keybind
Add attachment	ga

Keybinds can be customized:

nmap ga <plug>(himalaya-email-add-attachment)

When you exit this special buffer, you will be prompted 4 choices:

• send: sends the email
• draft: saves the email locally
• quit: quits the buffer without saving
• cancel: goes back to the email edition

Sponsoring

Special thanks to the NLnet foundation and the European Commission that have been financially supporting the project for years:

• 2022: NGI Assure
• 2023: NGI Zero Entrust
• 2024: NGI Zero Core (still ongoing in 2026)

If you appreciate the project, feel free to donate using one of the following providers: