Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML (emailmd.dev)

87 points by dancablam 3 hours ago

matzalazar 3 minutes ago

Great project! And if you don't mind a little workaround and some Python scripting, you can turn a regular Obsidian folder into an automatic outbox. Write markdown, drag, drop, and ship.

Kwpolska 2 hours ago

This appears to be a MJML wrapper with a Markdown→HTML converter attached to it. I think generating HTML from code is easier than generating Markdown, since there are many templating tools that understand HTML escaping. And writing HTML is not that hard, especially for your typical emails, so I'm not really sure if this library would be helpful in the long run.

dallen33 2 hours ago

I like the idea of this tool, as writing Markdown for some people is probably easier than HTML. I mean, use whatever floats your boat. I like that this exists.

j45 2 hours ago

Also a way to use fewer standards for storage of input and created text.

ph4rsikal an hour ago

Markdown is the secret winner of the AI early years.

hatmatrix an hour ago

cries in org-mode

Igor_Wiwi 24 minutes ago

I am working on smth similar markdown reader for humans, not agents - https://mdview.io

theanonymousone an hour ago

I hope .md domains do not become a security hole as Markdown raises in popularity...

binaryturtle an hour ago

Any "HTML emails" get filtered straight into the spam folder here. I think I'm not part of the target audience here.

pembrook 2 hours ago

I like how you aren't hiding the fact this is MJML under the hood and don't layer complex abstractions over MJML spec like similar projects (cough react email cough).

The devs maintaining MJML deserve so much credit for dealing with Gmail/Outlook's monopoly bullshit and 2007 html.

Nice idea for those who manage content in markdown. I've moved away from putting emails in my codebase, but seems great for founders moving fast.

dancablam an hour ago

Thanks! I agree - the MJML team has laid so much groundwork and it frankly made this project possible.

KhushaliT 2 hours ago

templates are cool but seems too heavy to land in primary inbox

koakuma-chan 2 hours ago

I wish people just sent plain text.

XCSme 2 hours ago

What about images, links? Formatted text like bold or underline?

I also prefer plain text, but in most of my emails I talk about technical stuff, or I send transactional emails that require actions, in which case showing buttons is a much better user experience than plain text.

loloquwowndueo 2 hours ago

I don’t want buttons in my emails.

XCSme 2 hours ago

linhns 2 hours ago

A picture is worth a thousand words.

pembrook an hour ago

Plain text? Pffft.

Human language is an unnecessary abstraction, just like images.

I wish everyone would communicate in pure Binary.

alfanick 3 hours ago

"Write markdown. Ship emails." - I see a particular group of people interested in this, but they have their tools already.

SunshineTheCat 2 hours ago

I think you should probably let that group of people speak for themselves.

I'm in this "group" and see an immediate usefulness of this over what I'm doing now.