Batch sending (beta)
- Throw more bread.
- Known issue: the city fines you.
Pigeon is the open source, self-hosted, zero-dependency alternative to Resend. It costs $1. Forever. It also does nothing.
What customers say
We moved password resets to Pigeon. Nobody has reset a password since.
I asked for an SLA. The pigeon looked at me for a long time. Then it left.
Zero spam complaints. Zero complaints of any kind. Zero emails.
Docs
One method, no configuration, and a response object that is honest about what happens next.
import { Pigeon } from 'pigeon'; const pigeon = new Pigeon({ apiKey: 'seeds' }); await pigeon.send({ from: 'you@your-house', to: 'you@your-house', // homing pigeons only fly home subject: 'hello world', html: '<p>a very small piece of paper</p>', }); // { id: 'kevin', status: 'flying', eta: 'unclear' }
import pigeon pigeon.api_key = "seeds" pigeon.send({ "from": "you@your-house", "to": "you@your-house", # see above "subject": "hello world", "html": "<p>a very small piece of paper</p>", }) # {'id': 'kevin', 'status': 'flying', 'eta': None}
// Bread SDK v0.0.1 // 1. Stand in a park. // 2. Throw bread. // 3. You now have 40 pigeons and no email. This is also how most people discover our batch API.
Features
Feature parity, roughly. Every row ends the same way.
Pricing
No tiers, no usage, no surprises. One payment, lifetime access.*
*Lifetime means the pigeon's lifetime. Usually 3 to 5 years in a city. No refunds after a hawk.
Resend also has a free plan. It is cheaper than a pigeon. We're working on it.
FAQ
No. Resend's free plan is $0 and Pigeon is $1. Also, your email doesn't arrive. We're working on both.
Yes. We wrap the message around the pigeon's leg. That is the whole product. Our investors were aware.
A pigeon has no IAM policies, no console and no surprise bill. It also has no region. It goes where the bread is.
Yes. It goes wherever the wind goes.
We spend nothing and earn nothing. Investors call this capital efficient.
Stop feeding it. It will keep coming back.
The pigeon is not open source. It is open air.
Yes. Most people call this "having a pigeon". Your landlord may call it something else.
Horizontally. Ask any city square.
Delivery within one to four business seasons.
Evolution. 150 million years of shipping without tests.
Start sending in minutes. Start arriving in hours. One dollar, once. Dave accepts coins.
Obviously we are not onboarding new customers. We're still finding pigeons.
In the meantime, Resend is onboarding people right now.
We usually reply within one business day. We sent your message. This is what came back.
Hi there,
I'm currently at the park trying to convince pigeons to join my company. They don't seem interested in the equity package.
I'll be back soon.
If this is urgent, throw bread.
Founder, Pigeon. Reports to Kevin.
Sent from a bench
Hiring pipeline, live from the park
We're a fully remote team. Mostly because we can't get them to come inside.
Benefits
Our values
A second person has arrived with a bag of seeds. Expected recovery moved to "after lunch".
About half of the loaf is gone. We expect delivery to resume when the bread runs out or the man leaves, whichever comes first.
A man has arrived at the park with a full loaf of sourdough. Every pigeon in the region has reassigned itself to the bread. Messages are still attached to their legs.
We are seeing a sudden drop to zero deliveries. All pigeons have stopped responding at the same location.
Past incidents
A child had a pretzel. Resolved when the pretzel was gone.
Three pigeons found their reflection in an office window and held a 40 minute meeting with it. No action items.
Hawk. The hawk declined to join the postmortem.
Pigeons replaced their feathers. Flights were slower and slightly embarrassing for everyone.
Pigeon flew home. Working as intended.
New updates and improvements to Pigeon. Mostly removals.
Pigeon started around 3000 BC, when someone tied a note to a bird and called it a platform. About 5,000 years later, we added a landing page.
We don't track you. The pigeon can't count past three.
We store your message on a small piece of paper. Retention is until the pigeon eats it.