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Free transactional email templates (MIT)
Letterbench Lite: welcome, verify email and password reset, free for commercial use. Each one comes in MJML + Handlebars (compiled, Outlook-safe HTML) and React Email (typed TSX), with a plain-text version, dark mode and a test suite.
Download Letterbench Lite v1.1.0 (zip, 66 KB)
Welcome email template
Greets a new user by name and sends them to their dashboard, with a reply-to-a-person line.
Email verification template
Confirm-your-address email with a button, a plain fallback link and an expiry time.
Password reset email template
Reset link with a fallback URL, a single-use expiry and a "didn't ask for this?" note.
What's in the zip
dist/html/anddist/text/: ready-to-send HTML with{{variables}}, and plain textsrc/: MJML source;templates.jsandtheme.jsonto change copy, colours and logoreact/emails/: React Email components withsubject()andtext()helperstests/: checks for size, links, variables, contrast and more, for both editions
FAQ
Are they really free for commercial use?
Yes. Letterbench Lite is MIT-licensed: use it in commercial products and client work, no attribution needed in the emails you send.
What do I need to build them?
Node 18+. npm install mjml@4 and node build.js for the MJML edition; cd react && npm install && node render.mjs for React Email.
Which email providers do they work with?
Any that accepts HTML, or renders Handlebars (Postmark, SendGrid dynamic templates, Amazon SES). The React edition renders to HTML and text in your code, or goes straight to Resend.
What is in the paid kit?
14 more templates (magic link, password changed, receipt, failed payment, trial ending, cancellation, team invite, usage alert, account deleted, onboarding checklist, feature announcement, weekly summary, NPS survey, win-back), sending examples, a gallery and 102 screenshots. From £29.