Thunderbird AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as Email Clients for Windows

There are many alternatives to Thunderbird for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows Email Client alternative is Claws Mail. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Thunderbird and 18 are open source and Email Clients available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows Email Client alternatives to Thunderbird are Betterbird, SeaMonkey, Mailspring and Sylpheed.

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  1. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  2. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Chocolatey
     
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    6
  3. SeaMonkey icon
     245 likes

    Web-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.

    187 SeaMonkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    4
  4. Mailspring icon
     116 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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
     
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    8
  5. 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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    2
  6. 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...

    52 Mutt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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    2
  7. Trojitá icon
     17 likes

    Trojitá, is a fast Qt IMAP e-mail client that respects open standards and facilitates modern technologies. Trojitá values vendor-neutrality that IMAP provides and is committed to be as interoperable as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Wino Mail icon
     8 likes

    Wino is a lightweight native mail client for Windows 10/11. It is still in active development. Main motivation for this project is to replace Mail & Calendar for Windows with modern Windows design without using web technologies for speed.

    22 Wino Mail alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. ElectronMail icon
     24 likes

    ElectronMail is an Electron-based unofficial desktop client for ProtonMail and Tutanota end-to-end encrypted email providers. The app aims to provide enhanced desktop user experience enabling features that are not supported by the official in-browser web clients.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • ProtonMail
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Tutanota
     
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  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    1
  11. Scribe Mail icon
     8 likes

    Scribe is a small portable email client with an intergrated contact database and calendar. It supports all the major internet mail protocols and uses international standards where possible. Scribe doesn't required installing or uninstalled and can be used from a removable...

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  12. Nylas Mail Lives is a fork of Nylas Mail that fixes many longstanding issues, improves the client experience, and is committed to publish new releases.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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