# Claws Mail privacy rating

Lightweight GTK email and news client for Linux and Windows, extended through plugins for OpenPGP, HTML rendering and spam filtering.

## Summary

Claws Mail scores 89 out of 100 (grade B) on the email clients criteria. It meets 7 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, OpenPGP support, connects directly, blocks remote content and works with any provider. It does not meet independent audit.

- Website: https://www.claws-mail.org
- Source code: https://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=summary
- Platforms: Linux, Windows
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Email clients](https://privacyratings.com/email-clients/)
- Grade: B (89/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | GPL-3.0. | https://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=blob;f=COPYING;hb=HEAD |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No telemetry or analytics in the source code. | https://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=summary |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by donations. No ads. | https://www.claws-mail.org/donations.php |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| OpenPGP support | Yes | OpenPGP is handled by the PGP/MIME and PGP/Inline plugins that ship with Claws Mail. | https://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php |
| Connects directly | Yes | Connects directly to POP3, IMAP and SMTP servers. No vendor service is involved. | https://www.claws-mail.org/features.php |
| Blocks remote content | Yes | HTML mail is shown as text by default, and the HTML viewer plugins keep remote content off unless enabled. | https://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=blob;f=src/plugins/litehtml_viewer/lh_prefs.c;hb=HEAD |
| Works with any provider | Yes | Works with any IMAP, POP3 and SMTP provider. | https://www.claws-mail.org/features.php |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/email-clients/claws-mail/
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