The Lightning project, announced on December 22, 2004, and developed by the
Mozilla Foundation, produces an extension that adds
calendar and scheduling functionality to the
Mozilla Thunderbird mail and newsgroup client and
SeaMonkey internet suite. Lightning is an
iCalendar compatible calendar.
Unlike the discontinued
Mozilla Sunbird and
Mozilla Calendar extension, Lightning integrates tightly with Thunderbird.
[Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine](_blank)
- MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.
Lightning is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows, macOS and Linux, and is installed by default on Thunderbird.
History
Version 0.9 was the last planned release for Thunderbird 2. A calendar was originally to be fully integrated into Thunderbird 3, but those plans were changed due to concerns with the product's maturity and level of support. Lightning 1.0b2 is compatible with Thunderbird 3.1, Lightning 1.0b5 is compatible with Thunderbird 5 and 6, and Lightning 1.0b7 is compatible with Thunderbird 7. Lightning 1.0 was released to the public on November 7, 2011. It was released alongside Thunderbird 8.0. Following that, every Thunderbird release has been accompanied by a compatible Lightning
point release. Lightning finally started shipping with Thunderbird with version 4.0. As of 21 October, 2018, Lightning 5.4 is incompatible with the latest release of Thunderbird 60.2.1.
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, ...
contributed significantly to the Lightning Project to provide users with an alternative free and open-source choice to
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a ma ...
by combining
OpenOffice.org and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension. In addition to general bug-fixing, Sun focused on calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the
Sun Java System Calendar Server.
Interview On Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org
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See also
* List of personal information managers
The following is a list of personal information managers ( PIMs) and online organizers.
Applications
Discontinued applications
See also Comparisons
* Comparison of email clients
* Comparison of file managers
* Comparison of note-tak ...
References
External links
Mozilla Thunderbird - Lightning Calendar — Mozilla
Lightning :: Add-ons for Thunderbird or SeaMonkey
- Mozilla Add-ons
Provider for Google Calendar :: Add-ons for Thunderbird or SeaMonkey
(Requires Lightning) - Mozilla Add-ons
Mozilla Calendar Blog
The Rumbling Edge
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Discontinued Thunderbird WebExtensions
Mozilla Thunderbird
Free calendaring software
Free personal information managers
Free software programmed in C++
Software that uses XUL