Thunderbird-Tray Alternatives

Thunderbird-Tray is described as 'system tray launcher tool for Mozilla Thunderbird' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Thunderbird-Tray for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, Windows Explorer and Ubuntu apps. The best Thunderbird-Tray alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Thunderbird-Tray are RBTray, TrayIt!, FireTray and PowerMenu.

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Thunderbird-Tray

Free • Open Source

Thunderbird-Tray is a system tray launcher tool for Mozilla Thunderbird.

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SmartSystemMenu
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
47 SmartSystemMenu alternatives
SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:
- - SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Windows alternative to Thunderbird-Tray.
- - SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Thunderbird-Tray.
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SmartSystemMenu Features
Sits in the System Tray
On top
Window Resizing
Transparency
Prioritize tasks
Pin the specified window on top of all
Change Monitor
RBTray
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
PortableApps.com
51 RBTray alternatives
Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.
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RBTray Features
1. PortableRBTray can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
Last update is from 2015 but the project has been forked: https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray
TrayIt!
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
40 TrayIt! alternatives
TrayIt! - minimize to the system icon tray any program (Outlook Express, Notepad, Word, Internet Explorer, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Opera, OpenOffice etc.) and get more room in the Taskbar!
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TrayIt! Features
On top
Transparency
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 4.6.5.5, released on June 2008, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
FireTray
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
Waterfox
Pale Moon
Thunderbird
SeaMonkey
Firefox
15 FireTray alternatives
FireTray is system tray extension for Linux and Windows that targets Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.
- - FireTray is the most popular Linux alternative to Thunderbird-Tray.
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FireTray Features
Legacy Firefox Addon
Customizable
Discontinued
The developer announced in December 2015 that the extension was no longer developed: https://foudil.fr/blog/209/the-web-is-not-the-platform/ The extension still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like Waterfox and Pale Moon
PowerMenu
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Free • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Windows
Windows Explorer
45 PowerMenu alternatives
PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard "Close", "Maximize", etc options. The extra menus are: Priority, Always On Top, Transparency and Minimize To Tray.
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PowerMenu Features
Transparency
On top
Discontinued
The app is no longer updated, but it can be still downloaded from the official website.
TopMenu
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Free • Open Source
Windows
41 TopMenu alternatives
TopMenu is a functionality clone of PowerMenu, but designed to be compatible with Windows 7 and 64-bit systems.
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TopMenu Features
1. PortableTopMenu can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Transparency
On top
Add a screenshot
Clicky Gone
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
PortableApps.com
22 Clicky Gone alternatives
Clicky Gone allows you to hide your selected windows from view, this includes the taskbar button associated with the application. This utility particularly helps with protecting your privacy by hiding things like your browser with banking details up and someone walks in on you.
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Clicky Gone Features
1. PortableClicky Gone can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
KDocker
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Free • Open Source
Linux
20 KDocker alternatives
KDocker will help you dock any application into the system tray. This means you can dock Openoffice, xmms, Firefox, Thunderbird, anything!

Just point and click. Works for all NET WM compliant window managers - that includes KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Fluxbox and many more.
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KDocker Features
Dock
stalonetray
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Free • Open Source
Linux
openSUSE
Arch Linux
Openbox
Fedora
Ubuntu
Compiz
Debian
X11
Enlightenment
Xmonad
16 stalonetray alternatives
Stalonetray is a stand-alone system tray (notification area) for X Window System/X11. Working with virtually any EWMH-compliant window manager, it has minimal build and run-time dependencies (X11 lib only). Complete XEMBED support under development.
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stalonetray Features
KDE
X server
Notifications
Minime
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
26 Minime alternatives
Minime is a tool that allows you to minimize applications to the system tray using a simple hotkey. What makes this tool somewhat unique is that it keeps your system tray clean by minimizing all applications into a single tray icon.
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Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-04-10. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/minime-tool/
WLM Tray Patch
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Windows Live Messenger
13 WLM Tray Patch alternatives
WLM Tray Patch is a small tool that will patch your Windows Live Messenger 2011 and force it to minimize to the system tray in Windows 7 instead of staying at the task bar just like in Windows Vista. No more running WLM in compatibility mode which causes stability and security...
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Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.1, released on April 24th, 2012, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
Trayconizer
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
17 Trayconizer alternatives
Trayconizer allows you to minimize virtually any application to the system tray rather than having it take up valuable space in your taskbar. The screen shot to the left shows Trayconizer minimizing Notepad to the system tray.
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Trayconizer Features
1. PortableTrayconizer can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
released 19-Jan-2003