How do I install mail-use?

Its own README gives this command: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leeguooooo/mail-use/main/install.sh | sh. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is mail-use official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 47 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-13.

What licence does mail-use use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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mail-use

mail-use is an MCP server, listed under communication. It reaches gmail. Its repository has 47 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-27.

mail-use allows AI agents to read, search, send, and triage emails from Gmail, QQ, 163, or any IMAP account via the command line interface or MCP. Part of the *-use family.

Install

Read from mail-use’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leeguooooo/mail-use/main/install.sh | sh

View in mail-use’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

gmail

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

Email for AI agents — read, search, send and triage Gmail / QQ / 163 / any IMAP from the CLI or MCP. Part of the *-use family.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-27

mail-use compared with similar servers

mail-use compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
mail-use (this page)	gmail	None listed	47	2026-10-13	MIT
google-workspace-mcp	gmail, google(1 shared)	GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET	192	2026-10-21	Apache-2.0
mail-mcp	gmail, mail(1 shared)	MAIL_OAUTH2_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET, MAIL_OAUTH2_DEFAULT_REFRESH_TOKEN, MAIL_OAUTH2_WORK_CLIENT_SECRET, MAIL_OAUTH2_WORK_REFRESH_TOKEN	108	2026-10-23	MIT
mcp-server-email	gmail(1 shared)	None listed	81	2025-04-27	MIT
mcp-headless-gmail	gmail(1 shared)	None listed	55	2025-05-24	MIT
google-workspace-mcp-server	gmail, google(1 shared)	GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN	31	2024-12-29	MIT

Ranked by services in common with mail-use, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about mail-use

What does mail-use do?: mail-use allows AI agents to read, search, send, and triage emails from Gmail, QQ, 163, or any IMAP account via the command line interface or MCP. Part of the *-use family.
How do I install mail-use?: Its own README gives this command: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leeguooooo/mail-use/main/install.sh | sh. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
What does mail-use connect to, and what does it need?: It reaches gmail.
Is mail-use official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 47 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-13.
What licence does mail-use use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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