Welcome back from the Thunderbird development team! Reflecting back, the first quarter of the year has been a mix of deep technical focus and forward-looking planning. Much of the team’s energy has gone into tackling some of the more complex, “gnarly” parts of our projects to land key milestones. In parallel, we’ve been laying the […]
For the past few months, we’ve been talking about our roadmaps and development and answering community questions in a video and podcast series we call “State of the Thunder.” We’ve decided, after your feedback, to also cover them in a blog, for those who don’t have time to watch or listen to the entire session. […]
Community First Thunderbird is (and has always been) powered by the people. The project exists because of the amazing community of passionate code contributors, bug-bashers, content creators, and all-around wonderful humans who have stood behind it and worked to support and maintain it over the years. And as the Thunderbird community grows, we want to […]
Welcome back to another edition of the Community Office Hours! This month, we’re taking a closer look at Thunderbird 140.0 ESR “Eclipse,” our latest Extended Support Release! Sr. Manager of Desktop Engineering Toby Pilling (who so helpfully provides the Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest) is walking us through the latest Thunderbird. He’ll let us know what’s […]
Welcome back to another update on how things are going on mobile. Thunderbird for iOS We’ve been going back and forth between database and JMAP for Thunderbird for iOS. Most of the visible work has flown into creating an initial JMAP library that we can use to access the parts that we need from Thunderbird […]
Hello once more from the Thunderbird development team! For many of our team members, the summer has started with our annual sprint to release ESR and enjoy a little time afk, as our colleagues in the southern hemisphere hunker down for winter and power through a pile of work down under. Extended Support Release is […]
The wait is over! Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse” has reached totality. From all of us at the Thunderbird project, from MZLA staff and the Thunderbird Council to our global community of contributors, we’re excited to announce the latest Extended Support Release has arrived. Eclipse not only builds on Thunderbird 128 “Nebula,” but also the recent features […]
Thunderbird for iOS We’re growing a few more stars! We’re so happy to hear there is great interest in Thunderbird for iOS, and hope to reach a stage soon where you all can be more involved. Thank you, also, to those of you who’ve submitted an increasing number of ideas via Mozilla Connect. Todd has […]
It’s been just over two months (!) since we first announced our upcoming Thunderbird Pro suite and Thundermail email service. We thought it would be a great idea to bring in Chris Aquino, a Software Engineer on our Services team, to chat about these upcoming products. We want our community to get to know the […]
In this month’s Community Office Hours, we’re chatting with our director Ryan Sipes. This talk opens with a brief history of Thunderbird and ends on our plans for its future. In between, we explain more about MZLA and its structure, and how this compares to the Mozilla Foundation and Corporation. We’ll also cover the new […]
Here is an update of what Thunderbird’s mobile community has been up to in April 2025. With a new team member, we’re getting Thunderbird for iOS out in the open and continuing to work on release feedback from Thunderbird for Android. The Team is Growing Last month we introduced Todd and Ashley to the MZLA […]
Hello from the Thunderbird development team! With some of our time spent onboarding new team members and interviewing for open positions, April was a fun and productive month. Our team grew and we were amazed at how smooth the onboarding process has been, with many contributions already boosting the team’s output. Gearing up for our […]
In this month’s Community Office Hours, we’re chatting with Vineet Deo, a Software Engineer on the Desktop team, who walks us through the new Account Hub on the Desktop app. If you want a sneak peak at this new streamlined experience, you can find it in the Daily channel now and the Beta channel towards […]
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Thunderbird for Android March 2025 Progress Report. We’re keeping our community updated on everything that’s been happening in the Android team, which is quickly becoming a more general mobile team with some recent hires. In addition to team news, we’re talking about our roadmap board on GitHub. Team Changes […]
Hello again Thunderbird Community! It’s been almost a year since I joined the project and I’ve recently been enjoying the most rewarding and exciting work days in recent memory. The team who works on making Thunderbird better each day is so passionate about their work and truly dedicated to solving problems for users and supporting […]
Today we’re pleased to announce what many in our open source contributor community already know. The Thunderbird team is working on an email service called “Thundermail” as well as file sharing, calendar scheduling and other helpful cloud-based services that as a bundle we have been calling “Thunderbird Pro.” First, a point of clarification: Thunderbird, the […]
