Thunderbird Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to Thunderbird for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux 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 available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Thunderbird are Evolution, SeaMonkey, Geary and Mailspring.
Thunderbird alternatives are mainly Email Clients but may also be Calendar Apps or Web Browsers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Thunderbird.Claws Mail
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Email Client
- Calendar App
84 Claws Mail alternatives- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Claws 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.
- - Claws Mail is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Thunderbird.
Claws Mail Features
Comments about Claws Mail as a Alternative to Thunderbird
Jonathan DumontDespite the style, Claws is super fast and allow you to programs it with Perl and Python which is great for marketing automation.
93psilonIt's a good, lightweight alternative, but the UI is clunky and it misses HTML message composing. You have been warned!
14No HTML compose is the only reason I don't switch to it. We're not in 1980 anymore.
15very good alternative under linux. I can not say the same under windows since fancy plugin is very buggy.
-1Much faster than thunderbird which cloaks on weak machines.
7Evolution
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Email Client
- Calendar App
83 Evolution alternatives- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- S/MIME
- GNOME
- OpenPGP
Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring, address book and task list functionality. Evolution supports a wide range of industry standard data formats and network protocols for information exchange, with an emphasis on...
Evolution Features
Comments about Evolution as a 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.
1Syntevo GmbHUnfortunately, only available on Linux, not on Windows, not on MacOS. Otherwise promising.
0well, I use cinnamon desktop, Thunderbird does not display 24 hour format but AM/PM for starters. Also, I use the built-in acount manager and Thunderbird does not "talk" with that as well.. Evolution does sync my CALDAV and CARDDAV from this. Thunderbird needs plugins for this and these plugins also make Thunderbird unstable (lightning). Since I like to keep things "clean", Evolution is my software of choice ATM...
0Has a nice Gui, works fast and has many options. Still some functions are not intuitive. Good alternative to Thunderbird
0SeaMonkey
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Web Browser
250 SeaMonkey alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
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.
- - SeaMonkey is the most popular Mac alternative to Thunderbird.
SeaMonkey Features
Comments about SeaMonkey as a 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).
21Unfortunately doesn't support synchronization with CardDAV address books.
0apostolfaliagasIt has all of Thunderbird's features and many more.
15More of a web browser than an email client
-9Geary
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Email Client
52 Geary alternatives- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- GNOME
- Flatpak
Geary is an email application built around conversations, for the GNOME 3 desktop.
Geary Features
Comments about Geary as a Alternative to Thunderbird
Only IMAP. No support for local folders.
1Doesn't have an address book
1Easy to set up. Thunderbird doesn't connect anymore with hotmail and yahoo. No address book.
-21Mailspring
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Freemium • Open Source
- Email Client
46 Mailspring alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Fedora
- Ubuntu
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.
Mailspring Features
Comments about Mailspring as a Alternative to Thunderbird
Riska AsmaraSimple, more streamlined UI and easily customizable.
43psilonGreat alternative, especially for casual users. Simple, streamlined UI, feels fresh.
1Need to create an account on a third-party company to access your email.
56Matt 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.
0Peter Bromfieldnice interface (if you are talking about the feature, kcontact/kmail is the best, but this has a nice interface)
-3Betterbird
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo30 Betterbird alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Email Client
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Betterbird is a fine-tuned version of Mozilla Thunderbird, Thunderbird on steroids, if you will.
Betterbird Features
Comments about Betterbird as a Alternative to Thunderbird
HOT EARTHIts Thunderbird, just Better. No Import needed, as it uses the same profile Folder!
3jdakfkj333Betterbird 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.
0No Thunderbird importation.
-6Mailpile
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Email Client
- WebMail Provider
59 Mailpile alternatives- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- OpenPGP
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.
- - Mailpile is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Thunderbird.
Mailpile Features