Microsoft Outlook Alternatives for LinuxFiltered by 'IMAP Support'

Microsoft Outlook is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Thunderbird, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Outlook and 14 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Microsoft Outlook are Evolution, Betterbird, Mailspring and Geary.

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  1. Thunderbird icon
     2570 likes

    Cross-platform email client supporting multiple identities, chat, and strong filtering. Extend functionality with add-ons like RSS/Atom feed readers and PGP support.

    88 Thunderbird alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
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  2. Evolution icon
     207 likes

    Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring, address book and task list functionality.

    70 Evolution alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • S/MIME
    • GNOME
    • OpenPGP
     
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  3. Betterbird icon
     82 likes

    Betterbird, a soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird, improves user experience with advanced features, bug fixes, security patches, and multi-row descriptions similar to Outlook. Compatible with multiple platforms and can be used alongside Thunderbird, sharing the same profile.

    30 Betterbird alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Chocolatey
     
  4. Mailspring icon
     114 likes

    Boost your productivity and send better email with Mailspring, a beautiful, fast email client for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Mailspring is free to use and an optional pro version adds read receipts, send later, reminders and more.

    44 Mailspring alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
     
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  5. Geary icon
     106 likes

    Geary is an email application built around conversations, for the GNOME 3 desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
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  6. Claws Mail icon
     106 likes

    Email and news client on GTK+ foundation featuring quick performance, extensible plugins, secure protocols, advanced filtering, strong folder and contact management, lightweight design, powerful search, customizable interface, multi-language support, and encryption.

    64 Claws Mail alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  7. Mailpile icon
     118 likes

    Mailpile is a modern, fast web-mail client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features. The development of Mailpile is funded by a large community of backers and all code related to the project is and will be released under an OSI approved Free Software license.

    59 Mailpile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • OpenPGP
     
  8. BlueMail icon
     33 likes

    BlueMail is a modern, mobile first, powerful Email management tool with a sleek design, unified inbox and support for all your accounts: IMAP,Exchange,POP3.

    34 BlueMail alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
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  9. Sylpheed icon
     62 likes

    Sylpheed is a simple, lightweight but featureful, and easy-to-use e-mail client (mailer, MUA).

    43 Sylpheed alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
  10. Mutt icon
     68 likes

    Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems. Some of its features are: color support, message threading, MIME support (including RFC2047 support for encoded headers), PGP/MIME (RFC2015), various features to support mailing lists, including...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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  11. aerc icon
     9 likes

    aerc is an email client that runs in your terminal. It's highly efficient and extensible, perfect for the discerning hacker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  12. LucaMail icon
     9 likes

    LucaMail is an open source, cross-platform email client. LucaMail is developed to provide cross-platform alternative to Email Clients that are really exists. LucaMail focuses on modern technologies as well as maintaining a user-friendly UI.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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