feat: move to betterbird off of thunderbird

configuration.nix

@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
     };
   };
 
+  services.flatpak.enable = true;
+
   services.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
   services.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
   services.gnome.sushi.enable = true;
@@ -251,6 +253,7 @@
 
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     bubblewrap
+    flatpak
     wget
     nh
   ];

home.nix

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ let
     terminal = false;
     categories = [ "Network" ];
   };
-  thunderbirdStartup = pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
+  betterbirdStartup = pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "thunderbird-startup";
+    name = "betterbird-startup";
-    desktopName = "Thunderbird Startup";
+    desktopName = "Betterbird Startup";
-    comment = "Launch Thunderbird in fullscreen";
+    comment = "Launch Betterbird in fullscreen";
-    exec = "${pkgs.thunderbird}/bin/thunderbird --fullscreen";
+    exec = "${pkgs.flatpak}/bin/flatpak run eu.betterbird.Betterbird --fullscreen";
     terminal = false;
     categories = [ "Network" ];
   };
@@ -716,6 +716,24 @@ in
     noDisplay = true;
   };
 
+  xdg.desktopEntries.betterbird = {
+    name = "Betterbird";
+    genericName = "Mail Client";
+    exec = "${pkgs.flatpak}/bin/flatpak run eu.betterbird.Betterbird %u";
+    icon = "eu.betterbird.Betterbird";
+    type = "Application";
+    categories = [
+      "Network"
+      "Email"
+    ];
+    mimeType = [
+      "x-scheme-handler/mailto"
+      "x-scheme-handler/webcal"
+      "text/calendar"
+    ];
+    comment = "Fine-tuned Thunderbird mail client";
+  };
+
   # Autostart applications using proper desktop files
   xdg.autostart = {
     enable = true;
@@ -723,7 +741,7 @@ in
       zenStartup
       kittyZellijStartup
       signalStartup
-      thunderbirdStartup
+      betterbirdStartup
       vesktopStartup
       zulipStartup
     ];
@@ -760,6 +778,7 @@ in
       "x-scheme-handler/https" = "zen-beta.desktop";
       "x-scheme-handler/about" = "zen-beta.desktop";
       "x-scheme-handler/unknown" = "zen-beta.desktop";
+      "x-scheme-handler/mailto" = "betterbird.desktop";
       "inode/directory" = "org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop";
       "application/zip" = "org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop";
       "application/x-tar" = "org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop";
@@ -774,97 +793,6 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  programs.thunderbird = {
-    enable = true;
-    profiles.default = {
-      isDefault = true;
-      settings = {
-        # Use maildir instead of mbox — faster for large mailboxes
-        "mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID" = "@mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1";
-
-        # Increase IMAP connection limits
-        "mail.server.default.max_cached_connections" = 10;
-        "mail.imap.max_cached_connections" = 10;
-
-        # IMAP IDLE — server pushes new mail instantly (no polling delay)
-        "mail.server.default.use_idle" = true;
-
-        # Poll every 1 minute as fallback when IDLE drops
-        "mail.server.default.check_new_mail" = true;
-        "mail.server.default.check_time" = 1;
-
-        # Faster IMAP sync
-        "mail.imap.min_time_between_cleanups" = 300;
-        "mail.imap.fetch_by_chunks" = true;
-        "mail.imap.chunk_size" = 65536;
-        "mail.imap.chunk_add" = 16384;
-
-        # Reduce timeouts (fail fast instead of hanging)
-        "mail.server.default.timeout" = 60;
-        "mailnews.tcptimeout" = 60;
-
-        # Network performance
-        "network.http.max-connections" = 48;
-        "network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server" = 10;
-        "network.dns.disablePrefetch" = false;
-
-        # Cache messages offline for instant reading
-        "mail.server.default.offline_download" = true;
-        "mail.server.default.download_on_biff" = true;
-
-        # Auto-compact folders when >20MB wasted (keeps mbox files lean)
-        "mail.purge_threshhold_mb" = 20;
-        "mail.prompt_purge_threshhold" = false;
-
-        # Block remote content by default (tracking pixels, slow image loads)
-        "mailnews.message_display.disable_remote_image" = true;
-
-        # Disable adaptive junk filter (server-side spam is better)
-        "mail.spam.manualMark" = true;
-        "mailnews.ui.junk.firstuse" = false;
-        "mailnews.ui.junk.manualMarkAsJunkMarksRead" = true;
-
-        # Prefetch next message while reading current one
-        "mail.server.default.autosync_offline_stores" = true;
-
-        # Open links in default browser (Zen) instead of Thunderbird's internal browser
-        "network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http" = false;
-        "network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https" = false;
-        "network.protocol-handler.expose-all" = true;
-
-        # Simplify message rendering
-        "mailnews.display.prefer_plaintext" = false;
-        "mailnews.display.disallow_mime_handlers" = 0;
-        "mailnews.display.html_as" = 0;
-
-        # Disable return receipt prompts
-        "mail.incorporate.return_receipt" = 0;
-        "mail.receipt.request_return_receipt_on" = false;
-
-        # Disable chat and calendar background connections
-        "mail.chat.enabled" = false;
-        "calendar.integration.notify" = false;
-
-        # Disable unnecessary features
-        "mail.phishing.detection.enabled" = false;
-        "mail.rights.version" = 1;
-        "mail.shell.checkDefaultClient" = false;
-        "mail.spotlight.enable" = false;
-
-        # Faster UI rendering
-        "gfx.webrender.all" = true;
-
-        # Network keepalive
-        "network.http.keep-alive.timeout" = 600;
-        "network.http.response.timeout" = 120;
-
-        # Fix UI not updating after delete/archive — move to next message automatically
-        "mail.delete_matches_sort_order" = true;
-        "mail.advance_on_delete" = true;
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
   home.file.".claude/settings.json".text = builtins.toJSON {
     allowedTools = [
       "Read"