Last time I heard, Thunderbird has zero people on it for years but eventually th...

e2le · 2025-05-23T11:29:44 1747999784

Thunderbird is quite healthy and received $8.6M in donations in 2023[0] which is used to employ 24 people[1].

Unlike Firefox, donations are used to fund development.

godshatter · 2025-05-23T16:09:15 1748016555

I guess what we need is a non-profit fork of Firefox that takes donations directly and focuses only on the browser.

alfiedotwtf · 2025-05-23T11:35:47 1748000147

To be honest, I'm pleasantly surprised. Thanks for the info.

raxxorraxor · 2025-05-23T11:21:59 1747999319

I did change quite significantly in recent times, so there is certainly work done.

On the other hand it is a mail client and it does exactly what it is supposed to do for years on end. And I believe it is the best mail client too.