emails
Modern python library for emails.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. Install it if you need to send HTML emails, attach files, render templates, or sign with DKIM—features that would otherwise require substantial boilerplate. Skip it only if you need only minimal plain-text SMTP and want to avoid any dependencies.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- SMTP credentials and a working mail server are needed to send messages.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache License 2.0 (permissive) — Apache 2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for most projects.
last release 2026-05-18 (88 days) · last repo commit 2026-05-18 · 425 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 796,004 downloads/mo, #5,033 on PyPI
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pip install emails
import emails
message = emails.html(
subject="Test",
html="<p>Hello</p>",
mail_from=("sender", "sender@example.com")
)
response = message.send(
to="recipient@example.com",
smtp={"host": "smtp.example.com", "port": 587, "tls": True}
)- Whether optional extras (html, jinja, async) are automatically installed or require explicit specification
- Performance characteristics when handling large attachments or bulk message composition
- Compatibility details with async/await patterns beyond the aiosmtplib integration mentioned
What it is and what it does
python-emails is a high-level library for composing and sending emails in Python, sitting above the standard library's email and smtplib modules. It handles HTML and plain-text messages in a single object, manages attachments and inline images, supports template rendering, applies HTML transformations like CSS inlining, signs messages with DKIM, and sends via SMTP with TLS/SSL—all without requiring manual MIME tree construction.
The library is designed for developers who need more than basic plain-text SMTP but want to avoid boilerplate. It depends on python-dateutil for date handling, puremagic for file type detection, and dkimpy for cryptographic signing. The package is production-stable, actively maintained, and supports Python 3.10 through 3.14.
Use it for
- Send transactional emails (receipts, confirmations) with HTML formatting and PDF attachments
- Render templated emails using Jinja2 or Mako with dynamic content and CSS inlining
- Build marketing or notification emails with inline images and HTML transformations
- Sign outgoing emails with DKIM for improved deliverability and authentication
- Load and transform email messages from external sources (URLs, files, ZIP archives)
- Integrate email sending into Django applications via the DjangoMessage class
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. Install it if you need to send HTML emails, attach files, render templates, or sign with DKIM—features that would otherwise require substantial boilerplate. Skip it only if you need only minimal plain-text SMTP and want to avoid any dependencies.
Install
emails on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Active maintenance with a recent release 88 days ago and ongoing commits. Depends on python-dateutil, puremagic, and dkimpy—all stable, widely-used libraries.
Requires Python 3.10 or later. SMTP credentials and a working mail server are needed to send messages.
License in practice
Apache 2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for most projects.
Quickstart
pip install emails
import emails
message = emails.html(
subject="Test",
html="<p>Hello</p>",
mail_from=("sender", "sender@example.com")
)
response = message.send(
to="recipient@example.com",
smtp={"host": "smtp.example.com", "port": 587, "tls": True}
)Verify before relying
- Whether optional extras (html, jinja, async) are automatically installed or require explicit specification
- Performance characteristics when handling large attachments or bulk message composition
- Compatibility details with async/await patterns beyond the aiosmtplib integration mentioned
Package facts
| License | Apache License 2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagespython-dateutilpuremagicdkimpy |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 88 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 796,004 / month, #5,033 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseNatural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: CommunicationsTopic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTPTopic :: Other/Nonlisted TopicTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: emails-1.1.2-py3-none-any.whl
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