MZLA can now count on a team of 24 people, which is vastly improving the Thunderbird desktop experience. Not just in 2023 but 'decades into the future,' Mozilla says. For donations alone, 300,000 users contributed more than $6.4 million in a single year.ĭonations represent more than 99.9% of Thunderbird's annual revenue, the aforementioned report states, which means that users believe in MZLA's mission and want to see the email client thrive. Thanks to the dedicated core team of developers, a 'passionate community' of users, and 'generous donors,' Thunderbird has been kept alive during some difficult times. The future of Thunderbird is brighter than ever, as developers are busy with modernizing the program's ancient codebase with a leaner and more reliable approach and a new interface rebuilt from scratch.Īs the newly-published Financial Report for 2022 clearly highlights, Mozilla Thunderbird isn't in survival mode anymore. Mozilla Thunderbird is almost 20 years old, and the open-source company is working hard on the future of one of the most popular offline mail clients available on the market. Donations are booming, but Mozilla plans to further increase the program's chance for survival with additional revenue streams. Forward-looking: In recent years, Thunderbird has turned into a successful stand-alone software product thanks to the newly-established MZLA subsidiary.

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