Thunderbird AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Email Clients for Linux
There are many alternatives to Thunderbird for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux Email Client alternative is Claws Mail, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Thunderbird and many of them are Email Clients available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux Email Client alternatives to Thunderbird are Evolution, SeaMonkey, Geary and Betterbird.
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100 likes78 Claws Mail alternativesClaws Mail is an email client (and news reader), based on GTK+, featuring
Quick response Graceful, and sophisticated interface Easy configuration, intuitive operation Abundant features Extensibility Robustness and stability.
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Claws Mail VS Thunderbird
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199 likes77 Evolution alternativesEvolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring, address book and task list functionality.
License model
- Free • Open Source
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- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- S/MIME
- GNOME
- OpenPGP
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Evolution VS Thunderbird
Is Evolution a good alternative to Thunderbird?Comments about Evolution as an Alternative to Thunderbird
Michel Th.I use both Thunderbird and Evolution, sometimes Claws-Mail. Evolution is the only one that can show the real "received" date in scams I have been receiving for months. In a today's scam Evolution shows "sent date" (falsified) 14-12-2019 and "received date" 30-01-2023 (evidently true). Thunderbird and Claws-Mail show 14-12-2019 in both columns.
1Matthew BulfinchAs someone who is forced to use M365 at work (but ditching it at home, I let my subscription lapse) this is the closest visually to Outlook. That's important to me. The workflow is essentially identical.
0Syntevo GmbHUnfortunately, only available on Linux, not on Windows, not on MacOS. Otherwise promising.
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233 likes246 SeaMonkey alternativesWeb-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing in one application. Itis built on the open source Mozilla Gecko engine, the same code which underlies Thunderbird and is the base for the Firefox browser.
License model
- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
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SeaMonkey VS Thunderbird
Is SeaMonkey a good alternative to Thunderbird?Comments about SeaMonkey as an Alternative to Thunderbird
SeaMonkey is both a WEB BROWSER and EMAIL CLIENT. It's the successor of Mozilla Application Suite or Netscape Communicator, resp. Further it includes also a news client program, an HTML editor (SeaMonkey Composer) and an IRC client (ChatZilla).
21apostolfaliagasIt has all of Thunderbird's features and many more.
15Unfortunately doesn't support synchronization with CardDAV address books.
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105 likes49 Geary alternativesGeary is an email application built around conversations, for the GNOME 3 desktop.
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Geary VS Thunderbird
Is Geary a good alternative to Thunderbird?Comments about Geary as an Alternative to Thunderbird
Kelson VGeary is a lot lighter than Thunderbird, so it's a good choice on lower-end hardware. IMAP features are basic, but 90% of what most people will need. It relies on GNOME for contacts, but the mail app itself can run on any Linux desktop.
0Doesn't have an address book
1Only IMAP. No support for local folders.
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40 likes28 Betterbird alternativesBetterbird is a drop-in replacement for Mozilla Thunderbird. Betterbird has more features and more fixed bugs than Thunderbird.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Chocolatey
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Betterbird VS Thunderbird
Is Betterbird a good alternative to Thunderbird?Comments about Betterbird as an Alternative to Thunderbird
Sam LanderBetterbird does everything that Thunderbird does (it's a soft fork), while improving bugs and features.
Because it's a soft fork, it retains the security implementations of Thunderbird.
Thunderbird actually implements many of the bug fixes created by Betterbird, but at a much slower pace.
2HOT EARTHIts Thunderbird, just Better. No Import needed, as it uses the same profile Folder!
4It has many fixes for long existing bugs
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105 likes42 Mailspring alternativesBoost 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.
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- Freemium • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Fedora
- Ubuntu
Top Mailspring Features
Mailspring VS Thunderbird
Is Mailspring a good alternative to Thunderbird?Comments about Mailspring as an Alternative to Thunderbird
3psilonGreat alternative, especially for casual users. Simple, streamlined UI, feels fresh.
1Need to create an account on a third-party company to access your email.
59Matt SchaeferUnable to even find an address book or ability to import a csv file from previous mail client. You lose me when things are made so "modern-clean" that I have to consult a manual or Google things.
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68 likes54 Mutt alternativesMutt 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...
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Mutt VS Thunderbird
Is Mutt a good alternative to Thunderbird?Comments about Mutt as an Alternative to Thunderbird
Thunderbird users want a GUI mail application. Mutt is a command line mail application. They are both good and both popular, but very much apples and oranges.
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Comments about Claws Mail as an Alternative to Thunderbird
Despite the style, Claws is super fast and allow you to programs it with Perl and Python which is great for marketing automation.
No HTML compose is the only reason I don't switch to it. We're not in 1980 anymore.
I think most people are using gmail accounts or outlook accounts to access their emails. Claws supports Oauth2 to access said accounts but the implementation, is a complete PAIN.
I can only realistically recommend something like this if your email provider is not forcing Oauth2.
I would like for the devs to get to work into making the experience of setting up an account with oauth as painless as thunderbird.