Mozilla has announced Appointment, a new service under theThunderbirdumbrella.

Escape the endless email threads trying to find a suitable meeting time across multiple time zones and organizations.

Appointment is intended to be a simpler alternative that is free, open source, and private.

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The code is alreadyavailable onGitHub with instructions for setting it up as aDocker container.

Appointment is only available as a web app right now, not a desktop or mobile system like Thunderbird.

Mozilla made it clear that this is only the start of a larger productivity suite based around Thunderbird.

Screenshot of a calendar with appointment bookings.

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Thunderbird Appointment is currently a closed beta test, and theresa waitlist signup for new users.

you could also download the code from GitHub and spin it up on your own home server or VPS.