The latest articles on DEV Community by Pierre (@pierreb). https://dev.to/pierreb https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F392123%2F71ca01c2-5c73-4913-98f8-9e05d2c3602f.png https://dev.to/pierreb en Pierre Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:49:06 +0000 https://dev.to/pierreb/notifuse-modern-free-alternative-to-mailchimpresend-41le https://dev.to/pierreb/notifuse-modern-free-alternative-to-mailchimpresend-41le <p>Hello DEV community,</p> <p>Today I'm pleased to announce the launch of a modern &amp; opensource alternative to Mailchimp/Resend to send newsletters &amp; transactional API 🎉</p> <p>👉 View the <a href="https://demo.notifuse.com/signin?email=demo@notifuse.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Live Demo</a></p> <p>👉 View the <a href="https://github.com/Notifuse/notifuse" rel="noopener noreferrer">Github project</a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fz3w9u5caiffolakzb5pg.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fz3w9u5caiffolakzb5pg.png" alt=" " width="200" height="76"></a><br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fyvji39w9mm2621g3qf1l.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fyvji39w9mm2621g3qf1l.png" alt=" " width="800" height="494"></a></p> <p>The <a href="https://www.notifuse.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Notifuse</a> idea started in 2016 as a SaaS and has been cloned by competitors many times... but it never really took off because guess what? </p> <blockquote> <p>Developers don't like to pay for tech stuff.</p> </blockquote> <p>Thanks to AI acceleration I've been able to build a brand new platform in few months, fully open-source, with modern features:</p> <ul> <li>Drag'n drop email builder with MJML+Liquid engine <a href="https://www.mjmlbuilder.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">demo here</a> </li> <li>S3 file manager</li> <li>A/B testing for newsletters</li> <li>Open/click tracking</li> <li>Notification center</li> </ul> <h2> Why? </h2> <p>I believe it's a matter of months before every closed-source SaaS gets an AI-generated clone.</p> <p>In the emailing/newsletter landscape the best open-source products are already outdated (Mautic, Listmonk, Sendportal, BillionMail...).</p> <h2> Differences? </h2> <p><strong>The core value of an emailing platform is it's email editor &amp; deliverability.</strong></p> <p>It's insanely difficult to build beautiful emails that look same in every client (outlook, iOS...).</p> <p>For that reason existing open-source projects never bothered to create a state-of-the-art drag'n drop visual email editor.</p> <blockquote> <p>Notifuse brings a modern email builder, built on top of MJML spec for clients compatibility &amp; Liquid engine for customization.</p> </blockquote> <p>Deliverability is guaranted by ESP integrations (AmazonSES, SparkPost, Mailgun, STMP, Postmark, Postal...) with Delivery/Bounce/Complaint webhooks handled.</p> <h2> For what? </h2> <ul> <li>As a dev, you can update your transactional email templates from the Notifuse UI and send emails with a line of code</li> <li>Every growing project needs to send newsletters at some point... you will be glad to send a broadcast in a click</li> <li>It's free &amp; open-source</li> <li>Your data stays at home</li> </ul> <p>👉 <a href="https://docs.notifuse.com/installation" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deploy with Docker</a></p> <h2> Stack </h2> <ul> <li>Golang</li> <li>React</li> <li>Postgres</li> </ul> <p><strong>File Manager:</strong><br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fyxufeyjol8v0l0guwzc7.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fyxufeyjol8v0l0guwzc7.png" alt=" " width="800" height="480"></a></p> <p><strong>Broadcasts:</strong><br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fqt266foickcdtvnlsf3a.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fqt266foickcdtvnlsf3a.png" alt=" " width="800" height="514"></a></p> <p><strong>Mailing Lists:</strong><br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fzh8oo4mxtlw2fd2j7brc.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fzh8oo4mxtlw2fd2j7brc.png" alt=" " width="800" height="502"></a></p> <p><strong>Notification Center:</strong><br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fak9lp4gw5chqz7xso352.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fak9lp4gw5chqz7xso352.png" alt=" " width="800" height="1333"></a></p> showdev opensource sass go