Thunderbirdįor many years, Mozilla Thunderbird was the king of the open source email clients. In this roundup, we take a quick look at six open source options for desktop email, share a little bit about each, and provide you with some options you may want to try yourself. And just because you may be stuck on Windows doesn't mean Outlook is your only option many open source clients are cross-platform. Whether you're sticking with a desktop email client because of a corporate mandate or just personal preference, there are still many great options to choose from. For many, the preference for a native application (and corresponding native performance), easy offline use, a vast array of plugins, and meeting security needs will long outweigh pressures to switch to a webmail email client. Mobile and web technologies still haven't made the desktop obsolete, and despite some regular claims to the contrary, desktop clients don't seem to be going away anytime soon.Īnd with good reason. This article was originally published on October 8, 2015, and has been updated to reflect new information and project changes. Running Kubernetes on your Raspberry Pi.