django-ses/django-ses
A Django email backend for Amazon's Simple Email Service observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
82/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 71
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 5699
- days_rel: 194
- days_push: 106
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
1087 stars · 240 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
django-ses is a drop-in Django email backend that sends mail through Amazon's Simple Email Service (SES) instead of SMTP, and can also receive emails via SES Email receiving. It adds features like deliverability reports, bounce/complaint webhook events, and Easy DKIM signing without code changes.
Use cases
- send django emails through amazon ses
- replace django smtp backend with ses
- receive emails programmatically in django
- handle ses bounce and complaint webhooks
- dkim sign outgoing django email
- send high volume email without running mail servers
When to choose
- you use Django and want SES integration with deliverability reports and event webhooks
- you deploy on EC2 and want free inbound traffic to SES
- you need to receive and react to inbound emails programmatically
When to avoid
- you only need basic SES sending via SMTP credentials - Django's default SMTP backend suffices
- you don't use Django or aren't on AWS
- you need an actively developed project - maintainers seek contributors
Facets
library · maturity active
email webhook email web-development backend python cloud django amazon-ses email-backend aws dkim bounce-handling
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses · fetched 2026-08-28 · fd0577e42ab6
- homepage: http://hmarr.com/2011/jan/26/using-amazons-simple-email-service-ses-with-django/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · a3a249425732
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/django-ses/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 55dbb9b848ac
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| django-ses/django-ses | main | 82 |
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