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Self‑hosted email platform delivering reliable, low‑cost SES mail
useSend offers a self‑hosted, SES‑backed email service with a dashboard, API, SMTP, and contact management for transactional and marketing campaigns, all under an AGPL‑3.0 license.
useSend is a self‑hosted email platform that builds on Amazon SES to provide reliable, low‑cost sending for both transactional and marketing communications. The service includes a modern dashboard where users can monitor deliveries, opens, clicks, and bounces, and it offers full contact and subscription management.
Through a RESTful API, scheduled API, and SMTP endpoint, developers can integrate email sending into any application without changing existing code. Domain management lets you add custom sending domains, while the built‑in editor (powered by jsx‑email and tiptap) simplifies creating responsive HTML messages.
The project ships as a Docker image and can be run locally, on a VPS, or via services like Railway. Required components include a database, Redis queue, and AWS credentials for SES. Being AGPL‑3.0 licensed, you retain full control and can extend the platform as needed.
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Transactional order confirmations
Deliver reliable order emails with real‑time open tracking
Newsletter campaigns
Send bulk newsletters, manage subscriptions, and view click metrics
Scheduled product updates
Queue emails to be sent at specific times via the schedule API
Domain onboarding
Add custom sending domains and monitor deliverability through the dashboard
It uses Amazon SES as the underlying mail transport.
The software is released under AGPL‑3.0 and can be self‑hosted at no cost; you only pay for AWS SES usage and infrastructure.
Yes, it offers SMTP, REST, and tRPC endpoints for easy integration.
Webhook support is planned but not yet available in the current beta.
You can run it locally, via Docker, or on platforms like Railway using the provided self‑hosting guides.
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