Mission

We work to make Thunderbird the most useful, enjoyable communications tool possible using a collaborative, participatory, and open process. It’s a huge challenge, but we believe that by finding like-minded people who want to help, we can have a real impact, and have a lot of fun doing it.

In order to provide as many opportunities for participation as possible, we strive to be open and transparent in our operations.

The Thunderbird Vision

Thunderbird, as a messaging system produced by a non-profit, public benefit company, is uniquely positioned as the tool that users can use to integrate as many of their communications as they want.

By combining an open architecture, a powerful extensibility and customization framework, and a person-centric perspective on communications, Thunderbird is a powerful yet enjoyable tool to help individuals manage their online interactions -- whether that’s email, instant messaging, social networking messages, or other types of message.

Thunderbird will evolve to embrace the Web, by continuing to blur the distinction between what’s on the web and what’s on the desktop, while keeping in mind the importance of keeping the individual in charge of their online experience.