Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 26 Jul 2026, 3 months before this check.
Latest release 4.0.0 on 16 Jul 2026.
Public since October 2011, about 15 years.
342 stars and 106 forks.
0 commits and 0 new issues in the last 90 days.
76 contributors. No pull requests merged in 90 days; changes go in directly.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
This tool automatically labels your emails when they arrive on your computer. It reads email headers or folders and adds tags such as spam or read. You run it whenever your mail syncs. It keeps your inbox clean without making you click anything. You need some technical skill to set up the rules in a text file.
What it is
afew is a Python script that acts as an initial tagging tool for the notmuch mail system. It applies filters to new messages and can move email files between folders based on your search queries.
What it is good for
People who read email in the terminal using notmuch and want automatic sorting without a heavy desktop mail client.
- Sorts new mail automatically after every sync.
- Moves messages between folders using your custom rules.
- Handles spam and cleans up dead email threads.
- Requires an existing setup of notmuch mail.
- Needs Python and manual configuration file edits.
- Small community and older codebase with open issues.
manual email sorting
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source venv/bin/activate pip install afew