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State of the Thunder 13: How the Roadmap Gets Made
Welcome back to another State of the Thunder! In this episode, Managing Director Ryan Sipes is leading us through how the Thunderbird roadmap. Unlike other companies where roadmaps are driven solely by business needs, Thunderbird is working with our community governance and feedback from the wider user community to keep us honest even as we move forward.
Resources:
Mozilla Manifesto: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/
Share big ideas: https://connect.mozilla.org
Report desktop bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org
Report Android bugs: https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/issues/
Engage with the Thunderbird Council: https://council.thunderbird.net
Desktop roadmap: https://developer.thunderbird.net/planning/roadmap
Mobile roadmap: https://developer.thunderbird.net/planning/roadmap
2025-2026 Desktop Product Roadmap: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14BLIAGgTjprRONCFZFffIfYJZEVfK6jD5OcJ40DWZQs/edit?usp=sharing
2025-2026 Mobile Product Roadmap: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14BLIAGgTjprRONCFZFffIfYJZEVfK6jD5OcJ40DWZQs/edit?usp=sharing