{"repo":"mohamedboukari/bunmail","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/mohamedboukari/bunmail","clone":"git clone https://github.com/mohamedboukari/bunmail.git","description":"Self-hosted email API for developers free alternative to SendGrid/Resend","language":"TypeScript","stars":26,"topics":["bun","dkim","docker","elysia","email","email-api","nodemailer","rest-api","self-hosted","sendgrid-alternative"],"license":"MIT","category":"self-hosted-apps","readme_excerpt":"BunMail Send transactional email from your own server. No subscriptions. No per-email pricing. No vendor lock-in. A self-hosted alternative to SendGrid, Resend, and Postmark — built in TypeScript on Bun + Elysia, with a REST API, web dashboard, DKIM signing, an email queue with retries, webhooks, templates, inbound SMTP, and Gmail-style trash. Ships in a single Docker container. Why BunMail? BunMail SendGrid / Resend Postal Mailcow --- --- --- --- --- Self-hosted ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Free ✅ MIT $20/mo+ ✅ MIT ✅ API-first ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ (mail hosting) One container ✅ n/a ❌ (multiple services) ❌ (heavy stack) Modern stack Bun + Elysia + Drizzle n/a Ruby + RabbitMQ PHP + many services Web dashboard ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Templates ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ Inbound SMTP ✅ $$ ✅ ✅ BunMail targets developers who want a programmatic transactional email API and nothing else — Postal is heavier, Mailcow targets full mail-server hosting with end-user webmail, and the SaaS options charge per email. Quick Start (60 seconds) Then seed your first API key and send a test email: Open the dashboard at (set DASHBOARD PASSWORD in .env to enable). Local dev without Docker? See docs/self-hosting.md. Will my mail land in inbox? Honest answer: it depends on your sending setup, not on BunMail. Self-hosted transactional email is a reputation problem, not a code problem. - ✅ You'll land in inbox if you send from a domain with a clean reputation, your server's IP isn't on a blacklist, and you've published correct SPF / DKIM / DMARC records (BunMail handles","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/mohamedboukari","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/mohamedboukari/bunmail/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}