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