{"repo":"vitalio-sh/thunderbird-cli","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/vitalio-sh/thunderbird-cli","clone":"git clone https://github.com/vitalio-sh/thunderbird-cli.git","description":"Give Claude full access to your email through Mozilla Thunderbird. CLI + MCP server for AI agents.","language":"JavaScript","stars":34,"topics":["ai-agents","claude","claude-desktop","cli","email","imap","mcp","thunderbird","webextension"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"thunderbird-cli Give Claude (and other AI agents) full access to your email through Mozilla Thunderbird. Why IMAP libraries force you to manage credentials, OAuth flows, and sync state — dangerous in an AI-agent context. Thunderbird already solves all of that. This tool treats Thunderbird as the source of truth and exposes every capability as a CLI command or MCP tool, so AI agents can read, search, and write email without ever touching a password. Tested at scale: 22 accounts, 249,000+ messages, 86,000+ unread — all managed live through a single CLI. Features - 🔐 Zero credential exposure — all IMAP/SMTP stays in Thunderbird - 🤖 Claude Desktop ready — 12 MCP tools, one-line config - 📨 38 CLI commands — read, search, compose, reply, bulk ops, folder CRUD, attachments - 🛡️ Safe by default — compose/reply/forward save as drafts; permanent delete requires --confirm - 🎯 Token-optimized — --fields selection, --compact mode, --max-body truncation - 🏠 Localhost-only — no cloud, no telemetry, nothing leaves your machine - ✅ Thunderbird 128+ — signed and approved on addons.thunderbird.net - 🧪 80 tests — 46 CLI/bridge + 34 MCP integration tests Quick Start Full setup guide (including background service, Docker, troubleshooting): docs/SETUP.md Usage Full command reference: docs/COMMANDS.md Use with Claude Desktop Add to your Claude Desktop config ( /Library/Application Support/Claude/claude desktop config.json on macOS): Restart Claude Desktop. Now ask: \"How many unread emails do ","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/vitalio-sh","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/vitalio-sh/thunderbird-cli/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}