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There are no Linux download links. The download page just shows image placeholders. But if you send an invalid download request like ".../download?platform=foo

There are no Linux download links. The download page just shows image placeholders. But if you send an invalid download request like ".../download?platform=foo" then you get back a handy JSON error string indicating that the Linux downloads are: https://updates.getmailspring.com/download?platform=linuxDeb https://updates.getmailspring.com/download?platform=linuxDeb and https://updates.getmailspring.com/download?platform=linuxRpm https://updates.getmailspring.com/download?platform=linuxRpm Maybe Ben or someone will see this and comment why the links aren't there, since it looks like the github repo has issues filed for this.

bengotow 9y ago
Hey folks! bengotow here—the linux version is /almost/ ready, though the debian and rpm packages above should work. I'm working with some folks at Canonical to get the app packaged as a Snap (Snapcraft.io) so that Linux users will finally get autoupdates and I can ship a single format to everyone. Back when I worked on Nylas Mail, we had a ton of trouble with Linux because users would download a .deb or .rpm and then never update it, so I was hoping to stop distributing those entirely. Feel free to grab the version from the link above, just come back and switch to the auto-updating snap when it's ready!
- simon_o 9y ago
  The right approach is to include your own package repository in the deb file so that it gets automatically added to the system when people install the application.
- sethhochberg 9y ago
  Just wanted to express thanks for continuing to support Linux reasonably well. I regularly use all 3 major platforms and hated that webmail was one of the only ways to get a somewhat-consistent interface across them; this is one of the things that drew me to Nylas in the first place before issues with a self-hosted sync engine pushed me away. I'll definitely be checking out Mailspring.

bengotow 9y ago

Hey folks! bengotow here—the linux version is /almost/ ready, though the debian and rpm packages above should work. I'm working with some folks at Canonical to get the app packaged as a Snap (Snapcraft.io) so that Linux users will finally get autoupdates and I can ship a single format to everyone. Back when I worked on Nylas Mail, we had a ton of trouble with Linux because users would download a .deb or .rpm and then never update it, so I was hoping to stop distributing those entirely. Feel free to grab the version from the link above, just come back and switch to the auto-updating snap when it's ready!

simon_o 9y ago
The right approach is to include your own package repository in the deb file so that it gets automatically added to the system when people install the application.
sethhochberg 9y ago
Just wanted to express thanks for continuing to support Linux reasonably well. I regularly use all 3 major platforms and hated that webmail was one of the only ways to get a somewhat-consistent interface across them; this is one of the things that drew me to Nylas in the first place before issues with a self-hosted sync engine pushed me away. I'll definitely be checking out Mailspring.