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About Plunk
Plunk is an open-source email platform written in TypeScript that provides a self-hostable alternative to commercial email services. It offers tools for designing, sending, and managing email campaigns, integrating with your own infrastructure.
Best for
Developers who want an open-source, self-hosted email platform with TypeScript codebase.
Use cases
- Set up transactional email sending for your application
- Build and send marketing email campaigns
- Self-host email infrastructure to keep data in-house
Notes
5,560 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-10-28. Licensed AGPL-3.0.
Pros
- Open source with a permissive license
- Written in TypeScript, easy to extend
- Actively maintained with a solid GitHub star count
Cons
- Requires self-hosting and managing your own email infrastructure
- No managed service, so scaling and deliverability are your responsibility
- Smaller community compared to major commercial email platforms
Key facts
What we have checked
- Latest version
- 0.18.0 (released 1 Nov 2026)
- Days since the last commit
- 0
- GitHub forks
- 435
- GitHub stars
- 5,594
- Days to a first reply on issues
- 0.3
- Open issues
- 34
- Releases in the last 90 days
- 6
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Stars and usage
How Plunk is growing
5,568 to 5,594
Health and security
Is Plunk looked after, and what do its setup files show
Health score
100 out of 100
| Part | Points | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| Recent activity | 30 of 30 | Last push 0 days ago |
| Releases | 15 of 15 | 6 releases in 90 days |
| Issue replies | 20 of 20 | First reply in 0.3 days (median) |
| Maintainer | 15 of 15 | Owned by an organisation |
| Official source | Not counted | MCP servers only |
Alternatives
Alternatives to Plunk
| Record | Type | How we know | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| SendGridThis is an alternative to it | Product | Linked recordGitHub |
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Changelog
What changed
Released 0.18.0
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