Thunderbird Waybar Email Module

Unread email count for Waybar.

Installation

1. Clone or download the script:

   git clone https://github.com/hoblin/thunderbird-waybar-email.git
   cd thunderbird-waybar-email

2. Copy the script:

   mkdir -p ~/.config/waybar/scripts
   cp email-count.sh ~/.config/waybar/scripts/
   chmod +x ~/.config/waybar/scripts/email-count.sh

3. Add CSS to style.css:

   #custom-email.unread {
     background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
     color: inherit;
     border-radius: 4px;
     padding: 0 6px;
     font-weight: bold;
     border: 1px solid currentColor;
   }
   
   #custom-email.read {
     opacity: 0.7;
   }

4. Add to config:

   "custom/email": {
     "format": "{}",
     "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/email-count.sh",
     "return-type": "json",
     "interval": 60,
     "tooltip": false,
     "on-click": "thunderbird"
   }

5. Add "custom/email" to modules list and restart waybar.

Requirements

• Thunderbird
• Waybar
• Nerd Fonts

Troubleshooting

• No emails? Open Thunderbird at least once
• No icons? Install Nerd Fonts
• Wrong unread count? Close Thunderbird, run find ~/.thunderbird -name "*.msf" -delete, restart Thunderbird

License

MIT License

Credits

All code in this repository was generated by the Cursor AI editor at the request of the repository owner.