@backstro/email
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Compose email templates with Astro components — a direct port of react-email component to native
.astrosyntax.
npm install @backstro/email
# or
pnpm add @backstro/email
astro >= 4.0 is the only peer dependency.
---
// src/emails/WelcomeEmail.astro
import {
Html, Head, Body, Container,
Section, Heading, Text, Button,
Hr, Preview, Font,
} from '@backstro/email';
interface Props {
name: string;
url: string;
}
const { name, url } = Astro.props;
---
<Html lang="en">
<Head>
<title>Welcome, {name}!</title>
<Font
fontFamily="Inter"
fallbackFontFamily={['Arial', 'sans-serif']}
webFont={{
url: 'https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v13/UcCO3FwrK3iLTeHuS_fvQtMwCp50KnMw2boKoduKmMEVuLyfAZ9hiA.woff2',
format: 'woff2',
}}
/>
</Head>
<Body style={{ backgroundColor: '#f5f5f5' }}>
<Preview>Welcome to our platform, {name} 🎉</Preview>
<Container style={{ backgroundColor: '#ffffff', padding: '40px 24px' }}>
<Section>
<Heading as="h1" style={{ color: '#111', fontSize: '28px' }}>
Hi {name}, welcome aboard!
</Heading>
<Text>
We're thrilled to have you. Click the button below to confirm your
email address and get started.
</Text>
<Hr />
<Button
href={url}
style={{
backgroundColor: '#0070f3',
color: '#ffffff',
padding: '12px 24px',
borderRadius: '6px',
fontWeight: '600',
}}
>
Confirm email address
</Button>
<Text style={{ color: '#666', fontSize: '12px', marginTop: '32px' }}>
If you didn't create an account, you can safely ignore this email.
</Text>
</Section>
</Container>
</Body>
</Html>
// src/pages/api/send-welcome.ts
import type { APIRoute } from "astro";
import { render } from "@backstro/email/render";
import WelcomeEmail from "../../emails/WelcomeEmail.astro";
export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ request }) => {
const { name, email } = await request.json();
const html = await render(WelcomeEmail, {
name,
url: "https://example.com/confirm",
});
// Pass `html` to any sending service (Resend, Nodemailer, SES, …)
await fetch("https://api.resend.com/emails", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${import.meta.env.RESEND_API_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
from: "hello@example.com",
to: email,
subject: `Welcome, ${name}!`,
html,
}),
});
return new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }));
};
| Component | HTML output | Notes |
|---|---|---|
<Html> | <html> | Sets lang + dir |
<Head> | <head> | Injects required email meta tags |
<Body> | <body> / table | Yahoo/AOL margin-reset wrapper |
<Preview> | hidden <div> | Inbox preview text (≤ 150 chars) |
<Container> | centered <table> | maxWidth: 37.5em |
<Section> | full-width <table> | Block-level section |
<Row> | <table> + <tr> | Horizontal row |
<Column> | <td> | Use inside <Row> |
<Heading> | <h1>–<h6> | as + margin shorthands |
<Text> | <p> | 14 px / 24 px line-height defaults |
<Button> | <a> + MSO spacers | Outlook-compatible padded button |
<Link> | <a> | Opens in new tab by default |
<Img> | <img> | display:block + border reset |
<Hr> | <hr> | Full-width rule |
<Font> | <style> @font-face | Place inside <Head> |
<CodeBlock> | <pre><code> | Prism.js inline-styled syntax highlighting |
<CodeInline> | <code> + <span> | Orange.fr-compatible inline code |
<Markdown> | rendered HTML | Inline-styled Markdown via marked |
Four themes are built in:
import { themes } from "@backstro/email";
// themes.dracula | themes.githubLight | themes.nightOwl | themes.vsDark
Pass your chosen theme to the theme prop:
---
import { CodeBlock, themes } from '@backstro/email';
---
<CodeBlock
code={`const greet = (name: string) => \`Hello, \${name}!\`;`}
language="typescript"
theme={themes.dracula}
lineNumbers
/>
You can also supply your own custom theme — any object that maps Prism token
type names to CSS-in-JS style objects, plus a base key for the outer <pre>:
import type { Theme } from "@backstro/email";
export const myTheme: Theme = {
base: { background: "#1a1a1a", color: "#eee", padding: "16px" },
keyword: { color: "#ff79c6" },
string: { color: "#f1fa8c" },
// …
};
<Heading> accepts shorthand margin props identical to react-email's version:
| Prop | CSS equivalent |
|---|---|
m | margin |
mx | margin-left + margin-right |
my | margin-top + margin-bottom |
mt | margin-top |
mr | margin-right |
mb | margin-bottom |
ml | margin-left |
<Heading as="h2" mt={40} mb={16}>Section title</Heading>
import { render, renderText } from "@backstro/email/render";
// Full HTML
const html = await render(MyEmail, { name: "Alice" });
// Plain-text fallback (strips tags)
const text = await renderText(MyEmail, { name: "Alice" });
Both functions use Astro's AstroContainer API (stable since Astro 4.9).
All style props accept a plain JavaScript object (CSS-in-JS). Astro serialises
them to style="..." attributes on the rendered HTML, which is exactly what
email clients require.
<Text style={{ color: '#333', fontSize: '16px', lineHeight: '28px' }}>
Styled text
</Text>
---
import { Markdown } from '@backstro/email';
const md = `
# Update available
We've just shipped **version 2.0**. Here's what's new:
- Faster rendering
- Dark-mode support
- [See the changelog](https://example.com/changelog)
`;
---
<Markdown
markdownContainerStyles={{ fontFamily: 'sans-serif', color: '#333' }}
markdownCustomStyles={{ h1: { color: '#0070f3' } }}
>
{md}
</Markdown>
Install tailwindcss (v4):
npm install tailwindcss
Use Tailwind utility classes directly on your components:
---
// emails/PromoEmail.astro
import { Html, Head, Body, Container, Heading, Text, Button } from '@backstro/email';
---
<Html>
<Head />
<Body class="bg-gray-50 font-sans">
<Container class="bg-white rounded-lg p-8 max-w-xl mx-auto my-10">
<Heading as="h1" class="text-2xl font-bold text-blue-600">
Hello from Astro Email!
</Heading>
<Text class="text-gray-600 text-sm leading-6 mt-4">
This email was built with Astro components and styled with Tailwind CSS.
</Text>
<Button
href="https://example.com"
class="bg-blue-600 text-white font-semibold py-3 px-6 rounded mt-6"
>
Get started
</Button>
</Container>
</Body>
</Html>
Pass a tailwind option to render() to automatically inline all Tailwind classes:
import { render } from "@backstro/email/render";
import PromoEmail from "./emails/PromoEmail.astro";
// All Tailwind classes are converted to inline styles automatically.
const html = await render(PromoEmail, { name: "Alice" }, { tailwind: {} });
You can also call inlineTailwind manually for full control:
import { inlineTailwind } from "@backstro/email/tailwind";
const rawHtml = await render(PromoEmail);
const html = await inlineTailwind(rawHtml, {
config: {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: { brand: "#0070f3" },
},
},
},
});
inlineTailwind works as an HTML post-processor:
class="..." attributes in the rendered HTML.p-4, text-blue-500, …) to style="…" attributes directly on each element.<style> block inside <head>.Note: Hover/focus effects will only work in email clients that support
<style>blocks (most webmail clients do). Outlook on Windows will ignore them.
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Astro components for building email templates
We found that @backstro/email demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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