Not at this time.

Hi Wayne,

Many thanks - but unfortunately that's not the answer I was hoping for 😒

Do you know if there is a work around that enables ThunderBird to be run on Windows 11 with ARM architecture

Or

Do you know when ThunderBird will be released to run on Windows 11 with ARM architecture

Or

Do you know if ThunderBird can be run on Apple iPad with iPadOS 17.5

Many thanks, Dave

Thunderbird simply does not run on ARM. There is a suggestion that it be implemented https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/thunderbird-build-for-windows-on-arm/idi-p/24929 and I understand there are some Linux build in the community, but I have no idea how well they work. If at all.

There is not an Thunderbird for Android as yet. https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/when-will-thunderbird-for-android-be-released/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/03/thunderbird-for-android-k-9-mail-february-2024-progress-report/

Apple will come after Android is my understanding. But you might want to follow the connect thread on the topic https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/thunderbird-for-iphone-and-ipad/idc-p/21683

There is nothing on the blog after the end of last year as far as I can see. https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/11/the-untold-history-of-thunderbird/

Matt said

"Thunderbird simply does not run on ARM." "There is not an Thunderbird for Android as yet."

As I believe @Matt misunderstood the question, I will answer a bit more extensively, while addressing Mozilla here as well. I can confirm, that Thunderbird, as well as most x64-Windows apps run considerably fast on Win11-ARM64-architecture, since the newer Qualcomm CPU's have an heavily improved x64-virtualization engine, which makes devices using them now very competitive in speed & power consumption, compared to x64 Intel notebooks (similar experience differences like Apple Macbooks with M vs. Intel CPUs).

I have a ThinkPad X13s (with the predecessor Snapdragon 8 Gen3) of the current Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, which ships now on Microsoft Surface Pro 11 and these new CPUs have even greater performance!

Of course, every kind of virtualization costs a bit performance. But in the case of my ThinkPad, performance feels equal to x64-apps (general purpose & web) running on my Intel x64 Surface Pro 7+. But when you run an ARM64-app (almost all apps directly from Microsoft have been re-coded) and specifically Google Chrome, then you get a significant speed bump with very short response times, that it will simply excite you, as it did me! Look at my Chrome Browser ARM64 vs. Waterfox_x64 benchmarks attached, which basically means, using ARM64 apps is like adding a turbo charger into your x64-device.

I hope Mozilla will soon release an ARM64 version of Thunderbird (like for Firefox) to get me even more excited! @Matt Is this already addressed at Mozilla?