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resend/react-email

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TLDR

Build email templates using React components instead of raw HTML. Handles email client compatibility and dark mode automatically.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      React components
      Email HTML output
      Client compatibility
    Key features
      Visual editor
      Dark mode support
      Table layouts
    Use cases
      Transactional emails
      Marketing campaigns
      Automated notifications
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      React
      TipTap editor
    Integrations
      Resend
      SendGrid
      Nodemailer

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Send transactional emails like password resets or order confirmations without writing HTML tables.

USE CASE 2

Build marketing email campaigns with a visual drag-and-drop editor instead of coding.

USE CASE 3

Create automated notification emails that render correctly in Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail.

USE CASE 4

Integrate email templates with SendGrid, Nodemailer, or AWS SES using React components.

Tech stack

TypeScriptReactTipTapProseMirrorNode.js

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose including commercial, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

React Email is a TypeScript library that lets you design and build email templates using React, the same component-based approach developers use to build modern websites. The problem it solves is that coding HTML emails is notoriously painful: you have to use old-fashioned table-based layouts, work around deep inconsistencies between email clients like Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail, and handle dark mode yourself. React Email abstracts all of that away. You write your email template as React components, buttons, headings, images, columns, and so on, and the library handles converting them into email-safe HTML that renders correctly across major email clients. It also includes a visual editor built on top of TipTap and ProseMirror for those who prefer a drag-and-drop approach. The resulting templates work with popular sending services including Resend, SendGrid, Nodemailer, Mailgun, Postmark, AWS SES, and others. You would use React Email if you are a developer already comfortable with React and TypeScript who needs to build transactional or marketing emails without dealing with the mess of raw email HTML. It installs via npm and is brought to you by the Resend team.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to create a simple welcome email template using React Email with a button and heading.
Prompt 2
How do I use React Email to send a transactional email through Resend or SendGrid?
Prompt 3
Can you help me set up a React Email template that automatically handles dark mode across email clients?
Prompt 4
What's the best way to structure reusable email components in React Email for a SaaS product?
Prompt 5
How do I use the visual editor in React Email to design an email without writing code?
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