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Posted by oahmadov 3 days ago

Show HN: I built an open-source email builder, alternative to Beefree/Unlayer(play.templatical.com)
159 points | 48 commentspage 2
acallaghan 3 days ago|
This is great, i've been wanting someone to do this for a while, and was tempted to myself
oahmadov 3 days ago|
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recroad 2 days ago||
I was thinking this is so nice but too bad I can't use it because I'm so deep into Unlayer. Then I see the the migration page :)
oahmadov 2 days ago|
Yes! If you attempt the migration, I'd love to hear your feedback on what worked and what didn't. GitHub Issues / Discussions both open.
popalchemist 2 days ago||
YES! This is so needed. Also very happy to see it's Vue + TipTap. Great choices.
oahmadov 1 day ago|
Thanks :)

I know each framework has its pros/cons, opinionated in a certain way. Vue is my favorite.

TipTap was the easy half. It's basically the go-to option when a good WYSIWYG editor is needed.

joinoasis 1 day ago||
Very nice job! That project have a lot potential!
oahmadov 1 day ago|
Thank you!
roh26it 3 days ago||
What do you use for the onboarding guide?
oahmadov 3 days ago|
Hand-rolled in Vue 3 using Claude Code :)

I was considering IntroJS, but Claude Code generated a simpler version in ~120 lines — just @vueuse/core helpers (useLocalStorage, useIntervalFn) and focus-trap, no tour library.

gnabgib 2 hours ago||
Not hand-rolled, since you used AI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48061257
ksajadi 2 days ago||
Looks good! Do you have an MCP or API in your roadmap? The reason: managing a lot of templates and their placeholders can get out of hand pretty quickly and agents can be a good way to deal with the complexity.

I'd love to try this with sendops.dev although I'm not sure how it's going to work with the git backed templating it has.

Nazzareno 2 days ago|
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ksvarma 1 day ago||
This is superb work!!
oahmadov 2 hours ago|
Thank you!
karangosrani 2 days ago||
This is great a great idea !! I starred it on github.
oahmadov 1 day ago|
Thanks for the star!
RyanZhuuuu 3 days ago|
Really cool work. Quick question: is this built on top of React Email?
oahmadov 3 days ago|
Thanks.

No — built from scratch on Vue 3 + TipTap, no React anywhere. Output is MJML, not the React-component-to-HTML approach React Email takes.

Adjacent category but no shared foundation: React Mail is a code-first library for devs to write emails as components; Templatical is an embedded visual editor for marketers to build them without touching code.

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