Resend
Node.js SDK for Resend email API to send transactional emails.
SDKs for hosted services npm MIT Email
How Resend is used
Resend is a dependency in 181 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.8% of the 4,818 JavaScript/TypeScript ones), #4 of 253 in sdks for hosted services. Counting the projects our scan samples by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983), it appears in 408; those are left out of every share on this page. Projects that use it most often also use Next.js (74.6%), clsx (71.3%), Lucide React (72.9%). It is more common in projects set up for Devin Desktop (5.8%) than for Gemini CLI (2.4%).
Resend popularity over time
Gid Score 59: downloads 83, use in agent projects 71, GitHub stars 11, downloads trend 64 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Resend
| Next.js | 74.6% of Resend projects · 4.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| clsx | 71.3% of Resend projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Lucide React | 72.9% of Resend projects · 3.6× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 90.1% of Resend projects · 2.8× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 67.4% of Resend projects · 3.6× more than average |
| React | 88.4% of Resend projects · 2.7× more than average |
| Zod | 72.4% of Resend projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 56.4% of Resend projects · 3.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 3.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 2.7% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 3.3% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 5.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 3.0% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Resend as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install resend |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (134), TypeScript / JavaScript (44), React Native / Expo (2), Python (1) |
| Example projects | nuxt/nuxt.com, amelioro/ameliorate, EricTechPro/match-me, n00ki/sveltekit-omakase, devstack-be/nuxt-saas-stripe-starter |
Alternatives to Resend
In our scan, none of the most used tools in SDKs for hosted services does the same job as Resend: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in SDKs for hosted services: Supabase JS Supabase SSR AWS SDK for JavaScript (S3) Stripe (JavaScript) Supabase CLI Firebase Stripe.js Google APIs Client Library