# Plunk Open Source Transactional Email Platform on AWS SES

> Plunk is an open-source email platform built on AWS SES for sending transactional emails, creating event-driven automations, and broadcasting newsletters. It serves as a self-hosted alternative to SendGrid, Resend, and Mailgun.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/plunk-open-source-transactional-email-platform-on-aws-ses` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/plunk-open-source-transactional-email-platform-on-aws-ses`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/plunk-open-source-transactional-email-platform-on-aws-ses/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/plunk-open-source-transactional-email-platform-on-aws-ses

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# Plunk Open Source Transactional Email Platform on AWS SES

Plunk is an open-source email platform built on AWS SES for sending transactional emails, creating event-driven automations, and broadcasting newsletters. It serves as a self-hosted alternative to SendGrid, Resend, and Mailgun.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <a href="https://github.com/useplunk/plunk/actions"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/useplunk/plunk/docker-publish.yml" alt="Build Status"/></a>
- <a href="https://github.com/useplunk/plunk/pkgs/container/plunk"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-available-blue?logo=docker" alt="Docker"/></a>
- The easiest way to self-host Plunk is by using the plunk Docker image.

- Source: https://github.com/useplunk/plunk
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/useplunk/plunk/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/plunk-open-source-email-platform-aws-ses/)