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ThunderWren v0.1.0-beta7 🐦⚡

Folders on the watch. This beta adds the last open item on the list, browsing folders other than the inbox. It also settles the other one: ThunderWren won't get a standalone mode, and the README and RFC now explain why. Both the phone app and the watch app changed, so update both.

📁 Folders

In the mailbox list (tap the mailbox name at the top of the inbox), a new Folders section has one button per account. Tap one to see that account's folders.

  • The same folders as the phone. They're in the same order with the same names, and show unread counts. Drafts and the Outbox stay on the phone, since drafts are written and sent there.
  • A folder works like an inbox. Open messages, swipe to archive or delete, reply, and mark everything in the folder as read.
  • Sent shows who messages went to. Like the phone, messages in the Sent folder show "To: …" instead of your own name. Replying to one replies to its recipients.
  • Only what you open is sent. The phone sends a folder when you open it, and the watch keeps it in memory only. Your inboxes still update on their own as before.
  • No double archiving. Messages in the Archive folder don't offer Archive. Thunderbird would silently skip them, so the phone now says so instead of pretending it worked.

The demo mailbox has folders too: Inbox, Sent, Archive, Trash, and a folder of each account's own. In the demo, archiving moves a message to Archive, and deleting moves it to Trash.

➖ Standalone mode: decided against

A watch that syncs mail by itself would need your passwords and its own copy of the mail engine. It would also sync the same mail as your phone, at the cost of the watch's battery. ThunderWren keeps the phone in charge instead. When your watch is away from your phone but both are online, Wear OS can still reach the phone over Wi-Fi or mobile data. The RFC has the details.

🖼️ A refreshed project page

The README now shows a screenshot next to each feature, all rendered from the current watch app with the demo mailbox.

🧪 Try it

  1. git fetch --tags && git checkout v0.1.0-beta7, or pull main.
  2. Run app-thunderbird with fullDebug on your phone, and app-thunderwren with optimized on your watch. The phone app needs updating too, because it now answers the watch's folder requests. An older phone app makes the watch say "Update Thunderbird on your phone to do this from your watch".
  3. No phone? Tap Try the demo on the watch, or turn on Settings → Demo mailbox.

The watch app reports version 0.1.0-beta7 at the bottom of its settings (0.1.0-beta7-optimized for the optimized build).

Built with AI assistance (Claude Code) and tested by the maintainer on a Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 5. AI-generated code is held to the same review standards as any other code, following AGENTS.md.

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