Betterbird

Feature-enhanced Thunderbird fork with no telemetry

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Price
FreeFree and open source; the project runs on donations.
Works on
Windows, macOS, Linux
Based in
Open-source project
Source code
Open source
Encryption
End-to-end encrypted

Betterbird is a fork of Mozilla Thunderbird maintained by Jorg Knobloch, a former Thunderbird release engineer. It tracks Thunderbird's ESR releases and layers on extra features and bug fixes while removing the built-in telemetry and data-collection prompts. It keeps Thunderbird's full OpenPGP support for signing and encrypting mail. Because it is a Thunderbird derivative, existing profiles and add-ons carry straight over. The project is community-funded and ships no crash reporting or telemetry of its own.

Strengths

  • Removes Thunderbird's telemetry and data-collection prompts
  • Built-in OpenPGP for end-to-end encrypted email
  • Adds features and fixes ahead of upstream Thunderbird
  • Free, open source, and cross-platform

Considerations

  • Depends on Mozilla Thunderbird's upstream codebase
  • Small team behind the project
  • Desktop only, with no mobile app
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