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No. 04.01

Thunderbird

Email · Local

Thunderbird with local AI.

Summarize lengthy email threads and compose responses without sending your conversations to external servers. Your emails stay private, processed entirely on your device.

Capability

Summarize threads

Quickly condense long email threads into digestible bullet points. Focus on what matters without reading every message.

Compose assistance

Draft responses using your writing style. The model suggests completions that match your tone and intent.

Smart categorization

Automatically sort incoming mail by priority or topic based on content analysis.

Privacy first

Everything processes locally. No email content leaves your computer, even when offline.
Setup

These steps assume you've already picked a model and started llamafile by following the guided setup in this web app.

  1. 01

    Configure Thunderbird

    Add an extension - we tested TigerAI

    ThunderAI extension listing

    Configure it to use the "OpenAI compatible" local model, set the API endpoint to point to localhost:8080.

    ThunderAI configuration screen
  2. 02

    Test integration

    Select an email thread and click the AI helper icon to summarize, or start a reply and use suggestions as you type.

    Thunderbird AI helper in useAI summary resultAI compose suggestions