servicesbeginner⏱ 10 min setup
Resend
Email API for developers. Simple, fast, reliable.
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What is it?
An email sending service for your app. When your app needs to send emails — confirmations, notifications, alerts — Resend delivers them reliably.
Why use it at a hackathon?
Email is essential for most apps: confirming signups, sending resource alerts, notifying users. Resend makes sending transactional emails simple.
Common use
Appointment reminders for health apps, shelter availability alerts, educational progress updates, crisis notifications, housing application status.
Tags
emailtransactionalapi
At a glance
Setup time: 10 minutes
Difficulty: beginner
Skill: Beginner. Send an email in 5 lines of code. Great documentation and generous free tier.
Impact context
Challenge domains
Health & WellbeingEducation & AccessCivic TechCrisis & Disaster ResponseEconomic EquityHousing & Infrastructure
SDGs
Good HealthQuality EducationNo PovertyReduced Inequalities
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