About Send
Pay only for what you send, not for storing contacts
Send: questions and answers
- What is Send?
- Send is a pay only for what you send, not for storing contacts.
- Is Send open source?
- Yes. Send is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence. Its source code is on GitHub at usesend/useSend and is written mainly in TypeScript.
- Is Send free?
- Yes. Send is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
- Can I self-host Send?
- Yes. Send can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure.
- What is Send an alternative to?
- Send is an open-source alternative to Postmark and Resend. Other open-source alternatives to Postmark include Postal, Plunk and Notifuse.
- Is Send actively maintained?
- Yes. The most recent commit to Send was on 8 September 2026, and the latest release is v1.9.8, published on 30 August 2026. The project has 4.7k stars on GitHub.
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