Cerberus VS MJML

Let’s start with one of the features that was most requested in my previous posts: Keila now has a WYSIWYG block editor! – Screenshots With the new editor comes a new base template which is based on Cerberus Hybrid and which looks great on pretty much all email clients, even tricky ones like Windows Mail.

I recommend you look into these templates: https://www.cerberusemail.com/

We have been using Cerberus since 2015, rock solid: https://github.com/TedGoas/Cerberus

Try out https://tedgoas.github.io/Cerberus/ It’s the best that I have found. Plus, you can chose between different layouts

Email templates are nothing but hacks, I've found. Here's the template I use for email, though I don't think it supports the layout you're going for. Try googling "email templates github" and see if any open source options have a solution.

Not a framework but I’ve found Ted Goad’ Cerberus templates very useful.

I customized them, extracted them into modules and created a design system which I then translated to an email CMS.

Coverage is pretty good although Outlook still glitches in some circumstances.

https://tedgoas.github.io/Cerberus/

FWIW caniemail is unreliable and does not have full coverage.

Also with this level of complexity I’d rather start with a few tested patterns than navigate the insane labyrinth of email client inconsistencies.

Keila currently comes with one template. It’s based on the wonderful Cerberus Fluid Template and looks great on mobile! Future versions will of course let you modify the template to your heart’s content.

I am using MJML and it’s relatively easy to build your described layout with snippets from the docs.

https://mjml.io/

Last time I had to deal with emails, I've used https://mjml.io/ and was very happy with it. You can version the templates, compile them as part of your build pipeline and it seems to do produce very _adequate_ HTML full of tables that looks good on all clients that we tested.

I suggest you look at https://mjml.io and see if their code holds better after forwards.

I use mjml https://mjml.io/ and like it pretty much

Yes, but email is a disaster to build from scratch. I ONLY build email using MJML. If you know html and css you will catch on quickly!

But why use React to do that when you can achieve the same thing on the backend?

https://mjml.io/

I use a foundation framework for emails to build Newsletters. https://mjml.io/