# foundation/foundation-emails

Quickly create responsive HTML emails that work on any device and client. Even Outlook.

Repository: https://github.com/foundation/foundation-emails
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/foundation-emails
Homepage: https://get.foundation/emails/docs/
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-13T16:40:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 72, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4732, "days_push": 173, "days_rel": 174, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7791, forks 1062 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:05.037734+00:00)

## What it is
Foundation for Emails (formerly Ink) is an HTML/CSS framework for building responsive HTML emails that render consistently across email clients, including Outlook. It ships tested components, Sass sources, and integrates with the Inky templating language and an email inlining build process.

## Use cases
- build responsive html emails that work in outlook
- create email templates tested across major email clients
- use inky templating to write email html faster
- inline css for html email campaigns
- add email framework assets to a rails app

## When to choose
- you need pixel-consistent responsive emails across legacy clients like Outlook
- you want a component library plus Inky templating and an inliner workflow
- you're on Rails and want foundation_emails or inky-rb gems

## When to avoid
- your stack requires modern Node.js - the template stack targets Node 10
- you need actively evolving features - the project is in maintenance mode
- you're building web pages rather than emails - use Foundation for Sites instead

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, templating, email
- domain: web-development, email, frontend
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: html-email, responsive-email, email-templates, inky, sass, css-framework, outlook-compatibility, email-inlining, nodejs

## Member repositories
- foundation/foundation-emails (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:05.037734+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:34:39.199196+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/foundation/foundation-emails (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:05.037734+00:00, sha f87be20191ac)
  - homepage: https://get.foundation/emails/docs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:00.871391+00:00, sha 2efd35311e55)
  - site_page: https://get.foundation/showcase/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:00.881111+00:00, sha d4f0f4eff77f)
  - site_page: https://get.foundation/develop/getting-started.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:00.883516+00:00, sha 0cdbfc98c408)
  - site_page: https://get.foundation/frameworks-docs.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:00.887262+00:00, sha 702350e2b29a)
  - site_page: https://get.foundation/sites/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:00.894102+00:00, sha 0e6da3ea1757)
  - site_page: https://get.foundation/get-involved/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:00.885155+00:00, sha 09c438c0404c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.