Flatsonar

Betterbird

by Betterbird Project

A better version of Thunderbird

Dangerous permissions Verified creator MPL-2.0 v153.3.0esr-bb9
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About

Betterbird is a fine-tuned version of Mozilla Thunderbird, Thunderbird on steroids, if you will. Betterbird is better than Thunderbird in three ways: It contains new features exclusive to Betterbird, it contains bug fixes exclusive to Betterbird and it contains fixes that Thunderbird may ship at a later stage.

Permissions

4 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • access to a sensitive location (~/.gnupg): credentials or autostart
    --filesystem=~/.gnupg
  • smart card readers
    --socket=pcsc
  • network configuration
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • printing
    --socket=cups
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to /var/spool/mail
    --filesystem=/var/spool/mail
  • access to xdg-run/gnupg
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gnupg:ro
  • access to /run/.heim_org.h5l.kcm-socket
    --filesystem=/run/.heim_org.h5l.kcm-socket
  • access to xdg-run/speech-dispatcher
    --filesystem=xdg-run/speech-dispatcher:ro
  • access to /var/mail
    --filesystem=/var/mail
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
  • talks to org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar8
    --talk-name=org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar8
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*
  • talks to org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5
    --talk-name=org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5
  • accessibility
    --talk-name=org.a11y.Bus
  • owns bus name org.mozilla.betterbird.*
    --own-name=org.mozilla.betterbird.*

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x4)
    source:prebuilt
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.