We’ve set up this meta bug for tracking interoperability and integration, and this page shows how to get involved on the LibreOffice side. Let’s make some of these happen! LibreOffice and Thunderbird are community-driven open source projects, so the more help we get, the better the software becomes for everyone.

“Being able to insert from Thunderbird contacts into LibreOffice while writing, like when you type on Twitter.” ~Fabián Valverde.

For example Ctrl+1 for Header 1, etc.” ~Johannes

“For me it would help if both would have the same shortcuts for styling the text.

“What about a better integration of the viewing, editing and exporting capabilities from LibreOffice into Thunderbird for files send via mail? For example, an ODT file can be viewed and edited directly in Thunderbird (without leaving the window) and exported as PDF file.” ~this.ven.

“Link documents to calendar events or tasks, enabling quick access to relevant files during meetings or when working on projects and create calendar events or tasks directly from within LibreOffice.” ~Briani Davide.

Include a Thunderbird app launcher in the LibreOffice dashboard.” ~Jay Robbie

“A consistent UI/UX could help familiarize newcomers to both tools more quickly… possibly a unified Settings area if you were to combine the functionality of both apps.

So, how can we make them work better together? We reached out on social media to get your a lot to everyone who responded! There were dozens of great ideas, and here are our top five: We know that many of you use LibreOffice and Thunderbird as part of your daily workflows.

And just like Thunderbird, it’s open source and multiplatform, available on Linux, macOS, and Windows. One fantastic example is LibreOffice from The Document Foundation.

Thunderbird doesn’t come bundled with a great suite of office productivity software, but there are many excellent free and open source applications that work well alongside it.

Download Mozilla Thunderbird 102.12.0