Disclaimer

As of the moment, the situation about truecrypts future is unsure. We we're considering a OO-rewrite of parabird last week but stopped all of those intentions until things get a bit clearer. It looks like TC isn't completely broken (see here) but for further development someone needs to fork it. We'll take a look at parabird again when things changed a bit.

parabird

Parabird is a Python script for building a os independent [Linux, Windows and Mac OS] truecrypt encrypted usb-stick containing a portable version of thunderbird, enigmail, torbirdy and vidalia and a shared profile.

News:

• July 5th 2013: Releasing Parabird v.0.0.1 RC 3
• July 4th 2013: Releasing Parabird v.0.0.1 RC 2
• June 1st 2013: Releasing Parabird v.0.0.1 RC 1

Info:

NOTE: The script is functional, but this is still a Release Candidate. If you find a bug, please open an issue. Thunderbird for Mac OS and especially the GPG/Enigmail Setup for Mac OS needs testing. Give me a litte time to figure things out because it is also some kind of a python learning script for me. If you have some hints for solving our issues or any thunderbird tweaking tips, please get in touch. Please also notice the Security issue being discussed on the Testing Page and the Dependencies.

Download / Install:

If you want to test or run parabird, you best go with the released tarball: parabird-0.0.1-RC3.tar.gz.

Contributing code:

If you like to join the parabird development, you best start downloading the git repo.

git clone https://github.com/jafeha/parabird
cd parabird
sudo python parabird.py

Usage:

python ./parabird_build.py --help
[INFO::utils]: Logfile: /tmp/parabird_log.txt
usage: parabird_build.py [-h] [-v] [-c] [-d DEVICE] [-t THUNDER]
                         [-a VIDALIA] [-n CONTAINER_NAME] [-s CONTAINER_SIZE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         increase output verbosity
  -c, --cache           use a cache in ~/.parabirdy/cache
  -d DEVICE, --device DEVICE
                        Device Flag to specify USB Stick
  -t THUNDER, --thunder THUNDER
                        Specify Thunderbird version to download
  -a VIDALIA, --vidalia VIDALIA
                        Specify Vidalia Version
  -n CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
                        Specify Container Name
  -s CONTAINER_SIZE, --container_size CONTAINER_SIZE
                        Specify Container Size in Bytes