Maizzle vs MJML
Maizzle
maizzle.comMJML
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| Figure | Maizzle | MJML |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Email Template Software | 7.2 (#23) | 8.7 (#6) |
| API | The API includes render() for compiling a template string and build() for building templates to disk. | The MJML REST API is free to use and renders MJML into responsive HTML. |
| Components | It includes render-tested email components such as Container, Row, Column, Button, Img, Heading, and CodeBlock. | MJML provides reusable, extensible components and lets users build custom components. |
| Integrations | The Vite plugin has guides for Laravel, Nuxt, Astro, SvelteKit, Solid, TanStack, AdonisJS, and Qwik. | The documented ecosystem includes Mailjet, Parcel, IntelliJ IDEA, Gradle, Neos CMS, and Easy-email. |
| Output | Maizzle compiles emails to pure HTML that can be used with any email service provider. | The MJML engine transpiles MJML markup into responsive email HTML with nested tables and inline CSS. |
| Purpose | Maizzle is a framework for building HTML emails with Vue and Tailwind CSS. | MJML is a markup language designed to reduce the difficulty of coding responsive email. |
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In their own words
Maizzle
Maizzle is a free, open-source framework for building HTML emails with Vue and Tailwind CSS. It works in standalone projects, monorepos and existing applications through a Vite plugin. The development server offers live preview, hot module replacement, device resizing, compatibility checks, dark-mode emulation, search and test-email sending. Tailwind configuration is adapted for email, including Outlook utilities and variants for clients such as Gmail and iOS. The framework provides render-tested components including Container, Row, Column, Button, Img, Heading and CodeBlock, with documentation describing more than 30 components. Configurable transformers can inline CSS, remove unused styles, minify output and apply other email optimizations. The CLI scaffolds projects, runs the server, builds templates to HTML and generates plaintext versions. An API exposes render(), build() and serve(). Documentation covers Vite integrations and deployment services including Nodemailer, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Resend, AWS SES and Cloudflare. Output is pure HTML usable with any email service provider. Platforms listed are API, self-hosted and web.
MJML
MJML is a markup language for building responsive email layouts. Its engine converts MJML into email HTML made with nested tables and inline CSS, with responsive behavior for popular email clients, including Outlook. Reusable, extensible components provide a starting point, and users can create their own components. MJML is open source under the MIT license and free to use. Its online editor supports writing and rendering MJML, and its free REST API renders markup into responsive HTML. The command-line interface can compile files, watch for changes, and save generated HTML to a chosen file. Local installation is available through npm on macOS, Linux, and Windows; plugins are available for Visual Studio Code and Sublime Text, alongside a desktop app. API accounts receive an Application ID and two API keys, with public and secret keys intended for browser and back-end use. Includes are ignored by default, and enabled include paths are restricted to approved roots. Once the HTML is rendered, users must send it through an email service provider or directly from a shell. The mj-button component is not fully clickable because of email-client support.