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React Email alternatives

Four other ways to write emails, what each one is best at, and how fast a coding agent writes an email with it.

  1. 1Hyper ElementsBest for coding agents, and for emails checked in every client
  2. 2MJMLBest if you don't write emails in React
  3. 3MaizzleBest for teams who know Vue and Tailwind
  4. 4jsx-emailBest for staying on React components

How fast a coding agent writes an email

Claude Code built the same five emails with each, 16 runs each. A run was done when its email passed the same checks in Chromium, on desktop and on a phone.

Median time to a passing email

  • Hyper Elements33s
  • MJML43s
  • Hand-written HTML60s
  • React Email86s

Median output tokens

  • Hyper Elements1,831
  • MJML2,762
  • Hand-written HTML4,903
  • React Email6,215

Passed the first check: Hyper Elements and MJML 16 of 16, React Email 12 of 16, hand-written HTML 6 of 16. Maizzle and jsx-email weren't measured. The benchmark →

React Email and its alternatives, side by side

FeatureHyper ElementsReact EmailMJMLMaizzlejsx-email
Write emails inReact and TypeScriptReactMJML markupVue and TailwindReact
Email client previewsYesOutlook, Gmail and moreNoNoNoNo
Client support checks in CIYesPartlyPreview windowNoPartlyDev serverYesemail check
Accessibility lintYes18 rulesPartlyAlt textNoPartlyAlt textNo
Brand theme with tokensYesPartlyTailwindPartlymj-attributesPartlyTailwindPartlyTailwind
Outlook tables worked outYesPartlyYesPartlyOutlook helpersPartlyConditional
Data, loops and conditionsYesYesNoAdd a templating languageYesYes
Plain-text versionYesYesNoYesYes
Agent skillYesYesNoYesNo
Moves React Email templatesYesOne command, checkedDoesn't applyNoPartlyGuideNo
Web pages, PDFs and imagesYesFrom one templateNoNoNoNo
Open source, MITYesYesYesYesYes

Only Hyper Elements shows it in Outlook, Gmail and Apple Mail

React Email, MJML, Maizzle and jsx-email preview your email in a browser. Hyper Elements draws it the way each email client does, free, on your machine.

The launch email as the emulator draws it in Classic Outlook
Classic Outlook97%
The launch email as the emulator draws it in Gmail
Gmail99%
The launch email as the emulator draws it in Apple Mail
Apple Mail98%
The launch email as the emulator draws it in Gmail app
Gmail app98%

The percentage is how closely each preview matches the real client. Outlook.com, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail and AOL Mail are previewed too, and more clients are on the way.

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Hyper Elements

Best for coding agents, and for emails checked in every client

React components your agent writes, rendered to email-safe HTML that works in Outlook, checked and previewed in every email client, and kept on brand with a theme.

Pick it if

  • You want to see each email in Outlook, Gmail and Apple Mail before you send, with a free emulator
  • You want problems caught in your tests and CI, each with what to write instead
  • An agent writes your emails: 2.6× faster than with React Email in our benchmark
  • One theme should keep every email on brand
  • You want to move your React Email templates with one checked command

Keep in mind

  • Styles are typed objects, not Tailwind classes
  • Newer, with a smaller community than React Email
Compare with React Email →Get started
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MJML

Best if you don't write emails in React

A markup language for responsive email, around since 2015, that compiles to the tables Outlook needs.

Pick it if

  • You don't use React or JavaScript templates
  • You want markup that's been tested in Outlook for years

Keep in mind

  • No variables, loops or conditions: you add a templating language
  • Email HTML only, with no plain-text version
Compare with Hyper Elements →mjml.io
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Maizzle

Best for teams who know Vue and Tailwind

A framework for HTML emails with Vue components and Tailwind CSS, with a dev server that flags CSS email clients don't support.

Pick it if

  • Your team writes Vue and Tailwind
  • You want unsupported CSS flagged while you work

Keep in mind

  • Moving from React Email means rewriting JSX as Vue
  • Its checks run in the dev server, not in the build
maizzle.com →
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jsx-email

Best for staying on React components

React components and helpers for email from an independent maintainer, with a CLI that checks client support.

Pick it if

  • You want React components with familiar names (Html, Section, Button)
  • You want client support checked from the command line

Keep in mind

  • Community-driven, with one maintainer
  • Needs React 19.1 and Node.js 22
jsx.email →

On brand, in every email

Write your brand once with defineTheme(). The template names no colors or fonts: swap the theme and the same email is someone else's. React Email, Maizzle and jsx-email share a brand through a Tailwind config, and MJML through mj-attributes.

The same announcement email with the North theme
theme={north}North
The same announcement email with the Bloom theme
theme={bloom}Bloom
How themes work →

Questions about React Email alternatives

What is the best React Email alternative?

It depends on how you work. If you want every email checked and previewed in Outlook, Gmail and Apple Mail before you send, or a coding agent writes your emails, Hyper Elements: it comes with a free email client emulator, and in our benchmark an agent reached a passing email 2.6× faster than with React Email. If you don't use React, MJML. If your team writes Vue and Tailwind, Maizzle. If you want to stay close to React Email's components, jsx-email.

Are the React Email alternatives free?

Yes. Hyper Elements, MJML, Maizzle and jsx-email are all open source under the MIT license, like React Email. Hyper Elements' email client emulator, which previews Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail, Yahoo Mail and more, is free too.

Can I move my React Email templates automatically?

With Hyper Elements, yes: npx @hyper-elements/migrate converts each template and checks it against the original before it writes anything. Maizzle has a guide for rewriting React Email templates as Vue by hand. MJML and jsx-email have no migration tool.

Which React Email alternative works best with AI coding agents?

In our benchmark, Claude Code built the same five emails with each approach. Its median time to a passing email was 33 seconds with Hyper Elements, 43 with MJML, 60 with hand-written HTML and 86 with React Email. Maizzle and jsx-email weren't measured. Hyper Elements, React Email and Maizzle each publish an agent skill.

Which alternatives support Tailwind?

Maizzle and jsx-email. Hyper Elements takes typed style objects instead, so a style that doesn't exist is a TypeScript error and validate() says what to write instead. MJML styles each component with its own attributes.

Can any of them preview emails in Outlook and Gmail?

Hyper Elements comes with an email client emulator that previews classic Outlook, Outlook.com, Gmail, Apple Mail, Yahoo Mail and more on your machine. React Email, Maizzle and jsx-email check CSS support against caniemail's tables but don't preview the email in each client, and MJML does neither. The emulator also takes any HTML email, so you can preview emails built with the others too.

Move from React Email in one command

Converts every template, checks each against the original, and writes nothing until you ask.

How migrating works →Hyper Elements vs React Email

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