The Bat Alternatives for Linux

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   Thunderbird

    2523 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.

   87 Thunderbird alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Email Client
   • Calendar App

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • AppImageHub
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • F-Droid
   • Haiku
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

   

   

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   • Most users think Thunderbird is a great The Bat alternative.

   • Thunderbird is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to The Bat.

   • Thunderbird is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to The Bat.

   • Thunderbird is Free and Open SourceThe Bat is Paid and Proprietary
   • Thunderbird is Customizable and Privacy focusedThe Bat is not according to our users
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   Evolution

    205 likes

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

   69 Evolution alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Email Client
   • Calendar App

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Flathub
   • S/MIME
   • GNOME
   • OpenPGP

   

   

   

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4. 

   

   Mailspring

    113 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.

   43 Mailspring alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium (Subscription)
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Email Client

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Arch Linux
   • Fedora
   • Ubuntu

   

   

   

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5. 

   

   Claws Mail

    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.

   62 Claws Mail alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Email Client
   • Calendar App

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

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   Geary

    105 likes

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

   46 Geary alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Email Client

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Flathub
   • GNOME
   • Flatpak

   

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   Kontact

    38 likes

   Personal Information Manager (Mail, Contact, Calendar and more).

   108 Kontact alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Calendar App
   • Email Client

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Flathub

   

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9. 

   

   Mutt

    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...

   51 Mutt alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Email Client

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Xfce

   

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10. 

    

    Sylpheed

     62 likes

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

    42 Sylpheed alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Email Client

    Origin

    • Japan

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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

    

    

    

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    KMail

     49 likes

    KMail is the email component of Kontact, the integrated personal information manager of KDE. Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite for KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email.

    52 KMail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Email Client

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Zimbra Desktop

     32 likes

    The free Zimbra Desktop client allows you to meld the online and offline worlds – storing and synching your email, calendar, contacts, files and documents in the cloud, yet having them locally accessible when on the road.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    • Email Client
    • Calendar App

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    TypeApp

     30 likes

    TypeApp is an all-free, beautifully designed, universal email app, capable of managing unlimited number of mail accounts from various providers, allowing for smart push notifications while enabling personalization across multiple email accounts.

    54 TypeApp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Email Client

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Android Wear
    • Kindle Fire

    

    

    

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    aerc

     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

    Application type

    • Email Client

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

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