Mailspring Avatars

Plugins
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There is probably a way to do it, but unfortunately, I haven’t looked into it, as the image retrieval feature was developed before my fork. If I have some time, I’ll look into it. Feel free to open an issue on GitHub.

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In the src/main.js file, you can manage the sizes for “SmallAvatar” and “LargeAvatar.”
However, you need to rebuild the plugin after making these changes. Be sure to follow the instructions in the “Build / contribute” section of the README on Github.
The plugin folder is located in ~/.config/Mailspring/packages/mailspring-avatars/ for Linux.

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Looks like we have an API depreciation:

Clearbit’s free Logo API (logo.clearbit.com) will be discontinued on December 1, 2025, and will stop working on that date.

any way to fix this?

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You can try to install the proposed fix from this Pull Request:

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It is now fixed since v2.0.0 :slightly_smiling_face:

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New release : 2.0.0

What’s up ?

  • Add twenty-icons as avatar source (#18) (thanks @tienhm0202 !)
  • Complete refactoring of code (#20) (thanks @DamianB-BitFlipper !)
  • Add caching system (#20) (thanks @DamianB-BitFlipper !)
  • Update avatars sources (#20) (thanks @DamianB-BitFlipper !)
  • Add security improvements:
    • Domain & URL validation
    • HTTPS-only enforcement for external resources
    • Data URL validation before caching
    • Image dimension and format validation
    • URL encoding for domain names in favicon URLs
    • Add CSS injection protection for color and size props
  • Improve favicon caching system:
    • Add TTL and memory management to LRU cache
    • Fix cache race conditions
  • Replace deprecated componentWillReceiveProps with componentDidUpdate
  • Migrate from Yarn to pnpm for development
  • Force minimum node version for development
  • Upgrade node modules

Full changelog : 1.4.1…2.0.0

Direct download : mailspring-avatars-2.0.0.zip

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New release : 2.0.1

What’s up ?

  • Improve cleanup and lifecycle management

Full changelog : 2.0.0…2.0.1

Direct download : mailspring-avatars-2.0.1.zip

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Hi @Striffly ,

I’m a huge fan of the plugin. That said, I found the message list a bit crowded because the avatars felt a little large and the whitespace was a bit tight. I’ve made some CSS tweaks to balance things out—thought the community might find these useful too!

Here are the changes I made:

1. src/main.js — Reduced avatar sizes:

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- const SmallAvatar = AvatarFactory(32,'SmallAvatar');
- const LargeAvatar = AvatarFactory(42,'LargeAvatar');
+ const SmallAvatar = AvatarFactory(26,'SmallAvatar');
+ const LargeAvatar = AvatarFactory(34,'LargeAvatar');

2. lib/main.js — Same change in the compiled version:

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- const SmallAvatar = (0, avatar_factory_1.default)(32, 'SmallAvatar');
- const LargeAvatar = (0, avatar_factory_1.default)(42, 'LargeAvatar');
+ const SmallAvatar = (0, avatar_factory_1.default)(26, 'SmallAvatar');
+ const LargeAvatar = (0, avatar_factory_1.default)(34, 'LargeAvatar');

3. styles/index.less — Added margin at the top of the file:

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+ /** Avatar margin for less crowded list **/
+ .thread-avatar {
+   margin: 4px;
+ }
+
  .message-subject-wrap, .thread-list-wide .list-column-Message, .icons-column {
    .thread-avatar{
      display: none !important;
    }
  }

The size went from 32/42px down to 26/34px (about 19% smaller), and each avatar now has 4px breathing room on all sides.