Email.md
Ranked 2 of 4 email builders by recommenders
People recommend it for turning Markdown into responsive, email-safe HTML, which suits content-managed or LLM-written emails. Critics doubt it's needed and question whether its output lands in the primary inbox.
People recommend it for turning Markdown into responsive, email-safe HTML, which suits content-managed or LLM-written emails. Critics doubt it's needed and question whether its output lands in the primary inbox.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 81%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easier to write than HTML
“The LLM authoring angle is underappreciated — getting an AI to write valid MJML is painful, but Markdown is trivial.”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” “I like the idea of this tool, as writing Markdown for some people is probably easier than HTML.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” “Nice idea for those who manage content in markdown.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” Good for LLM-written emails
“The LLM authoring angle is underappreciated — getting an AI to write valid MJML is painful, but Markdown is trivial.”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” “If you need to author a lot of emails with LLM this does seem like it would be a great fit.”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” Fits markdown-managed content
“This plus a block-based editor like editorjs would be a great addition to any custom cms.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” “Nice idea for those who manage content in markdown.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” Useful over current setup
“I see an immediate usefulness of this over what I'm doing now.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” “perfectly meets my email requirements”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Unclear need for the tool
“I'm not really sure if this library would be helpful in the long run.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” “Seems like your solution is in search of a problem.”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML” Too heavy for primary inbox
“seems too heavy to land in primary inbox”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML”
Other email builders people recommend
The three most recommended other email builders, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-source email builder SDK | 14 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Email.mdThis page | 13 | 3 | 81% | 2 | — | — |
| MJML | 10 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Unlayer | 6 | 7 | 46% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Looks great. Also great work on”
“The LLM authoring angle is underappreciated — getting an AI to write valid MJML is painful, but Markdown is trivial.”
“If you need to author a lot of emails with LLM this does seem like it would be a great fit.”
“Seems like your solution is in search of a problem.”
“This plus a block-based editor like editorjs would be a great addition to any custom cms.”
“This is a great example of how eloquent markdown can be.”
“not sure I want yet another abstraction layer on top of that which makes it more limited”
“Nice idea for those who manage content in markdown.”
“seems too heavy to land in primary inbox”
“I like the idea of this tool, as writing Markdown for some people is probably easier than HTML.”
“I'm not really sure if this library would be helpful in the long run.”
“I see an immediate usefulness of this over what I'm doing now.”
“perfectly meets my email requirements”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.