# Bootstrap Email

Compiler and stylesheet that turns HTML written with Bootstrap-like classes into table-based markup for HTML emails.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/bootstrap-email/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://bootstrapemail.com
- repository: https://github.com/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email
- docs: https://bootstrapemail.com/docs/introduction
- x: https://twitter.com/BootstrapEmail
- forum: https://github.com/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Stuart Yamartino
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: email
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 2.0
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: gem install bootstrap-email

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-12-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1215
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 25
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 50
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://bootstrapemail.com (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://bootstrapemail.com/docs/introduction (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://bootstrapemail.com/docs/introduction (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://github.com/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/blob/1.8.1/bootstrap-email.gemspec (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://bootstrapemail.com/docs/usage (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/blob/1.8.1/bootstrap-email.gemspec (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://bootstrapemail.com/docs/usage (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/bootstrap-email.json (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/bootstrap-email/bootstrap-email/contributors (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/bootstrap-email (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Bootstrap Email compiles Bootstrap-style markup into table-based HTML with inlined styles, so emails render in email clients. The gem runs from the command line or inside a Ruby or Rails project, where the Rails route calls `bootstrap_mail` in place of `mail`. The [documentation](https://bootstrapemail.com/docs/introduction) names Bootstrap and Tailwind as its sources of inspiration.

## Worth knowing

Ruby has to be installed on the machine that runs the compiler. A hosted [online editor](https://bootstrapemail.com/docs/usage) is offered as another way to use Bootstrap Email, and the docs describe it as less integrated and less customizable than the gem.

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