SysTray-X is a system tray extension for Thunderbird 68+. The add-on uses the WebExtension API's to control an external system dependent system tray application.

The add-on and system tray application can do:

custom new mail icon
display number of unread mails
show / hide Thunderbird (minimize)
minimizing hides to tray
minimize on startup
to be implemented: start a new mail
to be implemented: open the last used account

Building

Linux

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Ximi1970/systray-x.git

Requirements:

Fedora/Centos/RHEL:

dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel
Debian/Ubuntu:

apt install zip git g++ make qt5-default qtbase5-dev

Build:

cd systray-x
make

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Windows

Install:

Clone the repository using TortoiseGit:

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Contributers

Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com> : Initial setup of the OpenSuSE Build Service rpm package.

Donations

To support this project, you can make a donation to its current maintainer:

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