Nodemailer
Send emails from Node.js applications with support for multiple transport methods.
Files, images and media npm MIT-0
Used in agent projects
232
1.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#3 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
25.2M
npm, last 7 days, nodemailer
GitHub stars
17.7K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Nodemailer is used
Nodemailer is a dependency in 232 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.8%), #3 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use dotenv (55.2%), Lucide React (61.6%), Next.js (62.9%). It is more common in projects set up for Devin Desktop (5.1%) than for OpenCode (1.9%).
Often used with Nodemailer
| dotenv | 55.2% of Nodemailer projects · 3.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Lucide React | 61.6% of Nodemailer projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Next.js | 62.9% of Nodemailer projects · 2.8× more than average |
| Zod | 53.4% of Nodemailer projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 51.7% of Nodemailer projects · 3.1× more than average |
| clsx | 52.6% of Nodemailer projects · 3.0× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 73.7% of Nodemailer projects · 2.1× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 45.3% of Nodemailer projects · 3.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 2.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 2.5% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 5.1% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 1.9% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 3.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Nodemailer as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install nodemailer |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (142), TypeScript / JavaScript (83), Python (5), .NET (1) |
| Example projects | inboundemail/inbound, 5pyj29s7cm-tech/LumiCore, Ranork/remnus-app, RinDevJunior/matterbridge-roborock-vacuum-plugin, cryptopayserver00/cryptopayserver |
Alternatives to Nodemailer
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp npm High-speed image processing for resizing, converting JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF formats. |
390 (3.1%) | 115M | 32.7K | Apache-2.0 |
| Pillow pypi Python imaging library for image processing, manipulation and conversion. |
292 (2.3%) | 138M | 13.9K | — |
| jsPDF npm Generate PDF documents directly from JavaScript in browsers and Node.js. |
184 (1.4%) | 15.6M | 31.3K | MIT |
| qrcode (JavaScript) npm Generate QR codes on server and client using canvas with Node.js and browser support. |
163 (1.3%) | 29.7M | 8,178 | MIT |
| SheetJS npm Parse and generate spreadsheets (Excel, CSV) in Node.js and browsers. |
146 (1.1%) | 12.7M | 36.3K | Apache-2.0 |
| html2canvas npm JavaScript library for taking screenshots of web pages and rendering HTML to canvas. |
115 (0.9%) | 18.5M | 31.9K | MIT |
| JSZip npm JavaScript library for creating, reading and editing ZIP archives in the browser. |
96 (0.8%) | 47.5M | 10.4K | (MIT OR GPL-3.0-or-later) |
| openpyxl pypi Python library for reading and writing Excel 2010 XLSX/XLSM files. |
88 (0.7%) | 71.8M | — | MIT |