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{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = Lightning
| name = Lightning
| logo =
| logo =
| screenshot = [[File:ThunderbirdwithLightning.png|250px]]<!-- Do not change unless you have read "Wikipedia:Software_screenshots"! -->
| screenshot = [[File:ThunderbirdwithLightning-dark.png|250px]]<!-- Do not change unless you have read "Wikipedia:Software_screenshots"! -->
| caption = Lightning 0.9 running on Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
| caption = Lightning running on Thunderbird 115.11.0
| developer = [[Mozilla Foundation]] / [[Mozilla Corporation]]
| developer = [[Mozilla Foundation]] / [[Mozilla Corporation]]
| released = 0.1
| released = 0.1 (March 2006)
| programming language = [[C++]], [[XUL]], [[XBL]], [[JavaScript]]
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| programming language = [[C++]], [[XUL]], [[XBL]], [[JavaScript]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[Windows]], [[macOS]], others
| language = [https://mxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/calendar/locales/all-locales 50 languages]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], others
| genre = [[Personal information manager]]
| language = [http://mxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/calendar/locales/all-locales 50 languages]
| license = [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]] 2.0
| genre = [[Personal information manager]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.thunderbird.net/calendar/}}
| license = [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]] 2.0
| website = [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/projects/calendar/ Mozilla Thunderbird - Lightning Calendar — Mozilla]
}}
}}


'''Lightning''' is a project from the [[Mozilla Foundation]] originally designed as an extension ("add-on") that adds [[calendar]] and scheduling functionality to the [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] mail client and [[SeaMonkey]] [[internet suite]]. It superseded the previous [[Mozilla Sunbird]] and the older [[Mozilla Calendar Project|Mozilla Calendar extension]].<ref name="lightningprojectannounced">[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=5816 Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine] - MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.</ref> With version 38 of Thunderbird, the Lightning add-on was integrated and preloaded by default;<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=There is no Lightning 4.0 {{!}} Mozilla Calendar Project Blog |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/calendar/2015/06/there-is-no-lightning-4-0/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=blog.mozilla.org}}</ref> since version 78 of Thunderbird (released 2020), Lightning is part of Thunderbird and no longer an add-on extension. Lightning is compatible with [[iCalendar]] calendars.
The '''Lightning''' project, announced on December 22, 2004, and {{as of | 2010 | alt = currently}} 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.


== History ==
Unlike the discontinued [[Mozilla Sunbird]] and [[Mozilla Calendar Project|Mozilla Calendar extension]], Lightning aims to integrate tightly with Thunderbird.<ref name="lightningprojectannounced">[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=5816 Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine] - MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.</ref>
The Lightning project was announced on December 22, 2004 in an effort to integrate [[Mozilla Sunbird]] into [[Mozilla Thunderbird]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook? |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mozillas-lightning-to-strike-outlook/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> [[Sun Microsystems]] contributed significantly to the Lightning Project to provide users with an alternative free and open-source choice to [[Microsoft Office]] by combining [[OpenOffice.org]] and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calendar Weblog |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212170048/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |archive-date=2010-02-12 |access-date=2007-10-09}}</ref> In addition to general bug-fixing, Sun focused on calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the [[Sun Java System Calendar Server]].<ref>[http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html Interview On Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/lightning0.9.html |title=Lightning 0.9 Release Notes |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=June 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/02/18/lightning_update/ |title=Lightning-in-Thunderbird status update |author=David Ascher |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002070201/http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/02/18/lightning_update/ |archive-date=October 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2010/06/lightning_10_beta_2_and_compat.html |title=Lightning 1.0 Beta 2 and Compatibility |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619234903/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2010/06/lightning_10_beta_2_and_compat.html |archive-date=June 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ | title = Lightning :: Add-ons for Thunderbird | date = July 29, 2011 | access-date = August 3, 2011 }}</ref>
Lightning is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows, OS X and Linux.


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, on Thunderbird 38.0.1 released in 2015.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thunderbird — Release Notes (38.0.1) |url=https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/38.0.1/releasenotes/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Thunderbird |language=en}}</ref> With the 2020 release of Thunderbird 78, Lightning is now a permanent part of the program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sipes |first=Ryan |date=2020-07-16 |title=What’s New in Thunderbird 78 |url=https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/07/whats-new-in-thunderbird-78/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=The Thunderbird Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/lightning0.9.html |title=Lightning 0.9 Release Notes |date=September 23, 2008 |accessdate=June 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ascher.ca/blog/2009/02/18/lightning_update/ |title=Lightning-in-Thunderbird status update |author=David Ascher |date=February 18, 2009 |accessdate=June 22, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2010/06/lightning_10_beta_2_and_compat.html |title=Lightning 1.0 Beta 2 and Compatibility |date=June 17, 2010 |accessdate=June 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ | title = Lightning :: Add-ons for Thunderbird | date = July 29, 2011 | accessdate = August 3, 2011 }}</ref> Lightning 1.0 was released to the public on November 7, 2011. It was released alongside Thunderbird 8.0. Since then, every Thunderbird release has been accompanied by a compatible Lightning [[point release]].

[[Sun Microsystems]] contributed significantly to the Lightning Project to provide users with an alternative free and open-source choice to [[Microsoft Office]] by combining [[OpenOffice.org]] and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension.<ref>[http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html Calendar Weblog]</ref> In addition to general bug-fixing, Sun focused on calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the [[Sun Java Calendar Server]].<ref>[http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html Interview On Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Lightning is integrated with Thunderbird since version 4.0.

== Version compatibility ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Version of Lightning !! Release date !! Compatible version of [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] !! Compatible version of [[SeaMonkey]]
|-
| 0.1 || 2006-03-14 || 1.5 || -
|-
| 0.3.1 || 2007-02-19 || rowspan="3"|1.5 - 2.0 || -
|-
| 0.5 || 2007-06-27 || -
|-
| 0.7 || 2007-10-25 || -
|-
| 0.8 || 2008-04-04 || rowspan="2"|2.0 || -
|-
| 0.9 || 2008-09-23 || -
|-
| 1.0b1 || 2010-01-12 || 3.0 || -
|-
| 1.0b2 || 2010-06-24 || 3.1 || -
|-
| 1.0b4 || 2011-06-27 || 5.0 || 2.1 - 2.2
|-
| 1.0b5 || 2011-07-29 || 5.0 - 6.0 || 2.1 - 2.3
|-
| 1.0b7 || 2011-09-26 || 7.0 || 2.4
|-
| 1.0 || 2011-11-07 || 8.0 || 2.5
|-
| 1.1 || 2011-12-16 || rowspan="2"|9.0 || rowspan="2"|2.6
|-
| 1.1.1 || 2012-01-05
|-
| 1.2 || 2012-01-23 || rowspan="3"|10.0 || rowspan="3"|2.7
|-
| 1.2.1 || 2012-02-03
|-
| 1.2.3 || 2012-03-03
|-
| 1.3 || 2012-03-09 || 11.0 || 2.8
|-
| 1.4 || 2012-04-23 || 12.0 || 2.9
|-
| 1.5 || 2012-06-04 || rowspan="3"|13.0 || rowspan="3"|2.10
|-
| 1.5.1 || 2012-06-14
|-
| 1.5.2 || 2012-06-21
|-
| 1.6 || 2012-07-12 || 14.0 || 2.11
|-
| 1.7 || 2012-08-25 || 15.0 || 2.12
|-
| 1.8 || 2012-10-03 || 16.0 || 2.13
|-
| 1.9 || 2012-11-14 || rowspan="2"|17.0 || rowspan="2"|2.14
|-
| 1.9.1 || 2013-03-06
|-
| 2.0b1 || 2012-11-29 || (18.0) || 2.15
|-
| 2.1b1 || 2013-02-12 || (19.0) || 2.16
|-
| 2.2b1 || 2013-03-06 || (20.0) || 2.17
|-
| 2.3b1 || 2013-04-14 || rowspan="2"|(21.0) || rowspan="2"|(2.18)
|-
| 2.3b2 || 2013-05-08
|-
| 2.4b1 || 2013-05-24 || (22.0) || 2.19
|-
| 2.5b1 || 2013-07-03 || rowspan="2"|(23.0) || rowspan="2"|2.20
|-
| 2.5b2 || 2013-07-08
|-
| 2.6b1 || 2013-08-16 || rowspan="3"|24.0 || rowspan="9"|2.21
|-
| 2.6b2 || 2013-08-29
|-
| 2.6 || 2013-09-11
|-
| 2.6.1 || 2013-10-13 || 24.0.1
|-
| 2.6.2 || 2013-10-29 || 24.1.0
|-
| 2.6.3 || 2013-11-19 || 24.1.1
|-
| 2.6.4 || 2013-12-11 || rowspan="3"|24.1.1 -
|-
| 2.6.5 || 2014-05-13
|-
| 2.6.6 || 2014-06-19
|-
| 2.7b1 || 2013-10-17 || (25.0) || 2.22
|-
| 2.8b1 || 2013-11-15 || (26.0) || 2.23
|-
| 2.9b1 || 2013-12-19 || (27.0) || 2.24
|-
| 3.0b1 || 2014-03-06 || (28.0) || 2.25
|-
| 3.1b1 || 2014-04-24 || (29.0) || 2.26
|-
| 3.2b1 || 2014-05-09 || (30.0) || (2.27)
|-
| 3.3b1 || 2014-06-16 || rowspan="6"|31.0 || rowspan="6"|(2.28)
|-
| 3.3b2 || 2014-07-10
|-
| 3.3 || 2014-07-21
|-
| 3.3.1 || 2014-09-23
|-
| 3.3.2 || 2014-12-27
|-
| 3.3.3 || 2015-01-28
|-
| 3.4b1 || 2014-08-18 || (32.0) || 2.29
|-
| 3.5b1 || 2014-09-23 || (33.0) || 2.30
|-
| 3.6b1 || 2014-11-15 || rowspan="3"|(34.0) || rowspan="3"|2.31
|-
| 3.6b2 || 2014-12-06
|-
| 3.6b3 || 2014-12-17
|-
| 3.7b1 || 2015-01-28 || (35.0) || 2.32
|-
| 3.8b1 || 2015-02-14 || rowspan="2"|(36.0) || rowspan="2"|2.33
|-
| 3.8b2 || 2015-03-12
|-
| 3.9b1 || 2015-03-14 || (37.0) || (2.34)
|-
| 4.0b1 || 2015-04-03 || rowspan="7"|38.0 || rowspan="7"|2.35
|-
| 4.0b3 || 2015-04-28
|-
| 4.0b6 || 2015-06-05
|-
| 4.0.0.1 || 2015-06-12
|-
| 4.0.1 || 2015-07-08
|-
| 4.0.1.2 || 2015-07-23
|-
| 4.0.2 || 2015-08-14
|-
| 4.2b1 || 2015-07-30 || 40.0 || 2.37
|}


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Free software}}
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[List of personal information managers]]
* [[List of personal information managers]]
* [[List of applications with iCalendar support]]


==References==
==References==
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* [https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/provider-for-google-calendar/ Provider for Google Calendar :: Add-ons for Thunderbird or SeaMonkey] (Requires Lightning) - [[Mozilla Add-ons]]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/provider-for-google-calendar/ Provider for Google Calendar :: Add-ons for Thunderbird or SeaMonkey] (Requires Lightning) - [[Mozilla Add-ons]]
* [http://blog.mozilla.com/calendar/ Mozilla Calendar Blog]
* [http://blog.mozilla.com/calendar/ Mozilla Calendar Blog]
* [http://www.rumblingedge.com/ The Rumbling Edge]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080811004338/http://www.rumblingedge.com/ The Rumbling Edge]


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Latest revision as of 23:06, 23 May 2024

This article is about the Thunderbird calendar extension. For the just-in-time compilation library, see GNU lightning.
Lightning
Developer(s)Mozilla Foundation / Mozilla Corporation
Initial release0.1 (March 2006)
Stable release6.2.6.1 (March 25, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-25)[1]) [±]
Preview release6.8b3 (Beta) (March 8, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-08)[2][3]) [±]
Written inC++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript
Operating systemLinux, Windows, macOS, others
Available in50 languages
TypePersonal information manager
LicenseMPL 2.0
Websitewww.thunderbird.net/calendar/

Lightning is a project from the Mozilla Foundation originally designed as an extension ("add-on") that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client and SeaMonkey internet suite. It superseded the previous Mozilla Sunbird and the older Mozilla Calendar extension.[4] With version 38 of Thunderbird, the Lightning add-on was integrated and preloaded by default;[5] since version 78 of Thunderbird (released 2020), Lightning is part of Thunderbird and no longer an add-on extension. Lightning is compatible with iCalendar calendars.

History[edit]

The Lightning project was announced on December 22, 2004 in an effort to integrate Mozilla Sunbird into Mozilla Thunderbird.[6] Sun Microsystems contributed significantly to the Lightning Project to provide users with an alternative free and open-source choice to Microsoft Office by combining OpenOffice.org and Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension.[7] In addition to general bug-fixing, Sun focused on calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the Sun Java System Calendar Server.[8]

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.[9][10] 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.[11][12]

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, on Thunderbird 38.0.1 released in 2015.[5][13] With the 2020 release of Thunderbird 78, Lightning is now a permanent part of the program.[14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Calendar Versions - Mozilla | MDN". Mozilla.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  2. ^ "Lightning :: Versions :: Add-ons for Thunderbird". Mozilla.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  3. ^ "Calendar Versions - Mozilla | MDN". Mozilla.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. ^ Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird- MozillaZine - MozillaZine article announcing the Lightning project and its aims.
  5. ^ a b "There is no Lightning 4.0 | Mozilla Calendar Project Blog". blog.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  6. ^ "Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook?". CNET. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  7. ^ "Calendar Weblog". Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  8. ^ Interview On Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org
  9. ^ "Lightning 0.9 Release Notes". September 23, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  10. ^ David Ascher (February 18, 2009). "Lightning-in-Thunderbird status update". Archived from the original on October 2, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  11. ^ "Lightning 1.0 Beta 2 and Compatibility". June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  12. ^ "Lightning :: Add-ons for Thunderbird". July 29, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
  13. ^ "Thunderbird — Release Notes (38.0.1)". Thunderbird. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  14. ^ Sipes, Ryan (2020-07-16). "What's New in Thunderbird 78". The Thunderbird Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

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