Download The Bat!

Secure desktop email client app for Windows

You can download for free (no registration required) and use unregistered copy of The Bat! mail software app for evaluation purposes for one period of 30 days. During this period you should either purchase a registered license or stop using The Bat! program, according to the EULA.

The Bat! v11.4.1 (32-bit)

 21 January 2025 172.58 MB Download

The Bat! v11.4.1 (64-bit)

 21 January 2025 200.65 MB Download

The Bat! v11.4.1 (32-bit) without auto-update

 21 January 2025 171.45 MB Download

The Bat! v11.4.1 (64-bit) without auto-update

 21 January 2025 199.18 MB Download

Token Manager v2.0 (iKey1000, eToken Pro) for Professional Edition

 21 January 2010 0.95 MB Download

For software developers - specification of The Bat! API

 07 July 2018 0.09 MB Download
Archived versions of The Bat!
The Bat! v11.4.1 (21 January 2025)

New features

  • CEF was updated to v131

Improvements

  • Improved warning dialog for failed plugin activation

Fixes

  • Access Violation while viewing certain plain text messages
  • Proper location for newer CEF binaries
  • "Reply quoting selected text" was quoting entire HTML message if no HTML-tags were found in selection

Revision History
The Bat! upgrade policy
  • The Bat! v5 license purchased December 23, 2010 - September 25, 2013 is valid for a The Bat! v6.0 update only. For The Bat! v6.1 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v6 license purchased September 26, 2013 - November 25, 2013 is valid for a The Bat! v7.0 update only. For The Bat! v7.1 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v6 license purchased November 26, 2013 - May 8, 2015 is valid for all The Bat! versions 6. For The Bat! v7.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v7 license purchased May 9, 2015 – August 21, 2017 is valid for version 6.8 and all The Bat! versions 7. For The Bat! v8.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v8 license purchased August 22, 2017 – June 2, 2019 is valid for all The Bat! versions 7 and all The Bat! versions 8. For The Bat! v9.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v9 license purchased from June 3, 2019 - May 31, 2021 is valid for all The Bat! versions 8 and all The Bat! versions 9. For The Bat! v10.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v9 license purchased from June 1, 2021 - April 28, 2022 is valid for all The Bat! versions 9 and all The Bat! versions 10. For The Bat! v11.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid.
  • The Bat! v10 license purchased from April 28, 2022 - May 31, 2023 is valid for all The Bat! versions 10. For The Bat! v11.0 and higher these licenses are not valid.
  • The Bat! v10 license purchased from June 1, 2023 - December 20, 2023 is valid for all The Bat! versions 10 and all The Bat! versions 11. For The Bat! v12.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid.
  • The Bat! v11 license purchased from December 21, 2023 is valid for all The Bat! versions 11. For The Bat! v12.0 and higher these licenses will not be valid.

Users who have a license for any version of The Bat! can update their license to The Bat! v11 by purchasing an upgrade.

Please note: We reserve the right to adjust our upgrade policy without notification.

The Bat! mail software supports the following versions of Windows Operating System:

Client versions
Server versions
  • Windows Server 2016 & R2
  • Windows Server 2019

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The Bat! has the MailTicker™ included, that adds a visual indicator to your desktop similar to those stock exchange banners you may know from certain TV news channels.