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# Gitea Mail Templates
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A curated collection of professionally designed, audience-driven email templates for self-hosted [Gitea](https://about.gitea.com) instances.
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> **110 template files — 10 visual styles, 11 email types each**
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---
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## Philosophy
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Most self-hosted Gitea instances use the default plain email templates. This project provides **ready-to-deploy, visually polished alternatives** — each designed for a specific community or audience, so you can pick the one that feels right for your users.
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Every template is a drop-in replacement. All Go template variables, translation keys, and Gitea data contexts are fully compatible. **No patches, no plugins, no forks required.**
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## Style Gallery
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| Preview | Style | Audience | Character |
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|---|---|---|---|
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|  | **Horizon** | Enterprise / Corporate | Blue accent, slate typography, centered cards |
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|  | **Terminal** | Developers / Tech | Dark mode, monospace, green CLI accents |
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|  | **Ember** | Community / Open Source | Warm amber, rounded, humanist, inclusive |
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|  | **Bloom** | Creative / Startup | Frosted glass, soft blue light, iridescent accents |
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|  | **Heritage** | Education / Research | Navy and gold, serif, classic, authoritative |
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|  | **Neon** | Gaming / Web3 / Creative Tech | Cyberpunk neon glow, hot pink & cyan, synthwave energy |
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|  | **Mono** | Design Studios / Editorial | Swiss brutalist, black & white, red accent, zero radius |
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|  | **Terra** | Sustainability / Wellness | Warm earth tones, organic textures, humanist serif |
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|  | **Ink** | Publishing / News / Literature | Editorial print, navy & gold, newspaper layout, drop caps |
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|  | **Aurora** | Premium SaaS / Mindfulness | Ethereal light gradients, deep purple & teal, atmospheric glow |
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> Images are 600px screenshots from the [live preview](preview/index.html). See [docs/images/README.md](docs/images/README.md) for capture instructions.
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[**Live preview gallery**](preview/index.html) — open in a browser for an interactive style switcher with desktop/mobile viewports and email client simulation (Modern, Gmail, Outlook, Raw source).
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## Installation
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### Quick Start
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Choose a style, then copy the `mail/` directory into your Gitea custom templates path:
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```bash
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# Locate your Gitea custom directory
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# (set by GITEA_CUSTOM; defaults shown below)
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# Copy templates (example: Horizon style)
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cp -r themes/horizon/mail/* /var/lib/gitea/custom/templates/mail/
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# Restart Gitea
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systemctl restart gitea
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```
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### Custom Directory Location
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| Platform | Default Path |
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| Linux (binary) | `/var/lib/gitea/custom` |
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| Linux (Docker) | `/data/gitea` |
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| Windows | `C:\gitea\custom` |
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### Switching Styles
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Overwrite the files with a different style. All templates share the exact same variable structure — no configuration changes needed.
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```bash
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cp -r themes/terminal/mail/* /var/lib/gitea/custom/templates/mail/
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systemctl restart gitea
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```
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### Confirming It Works
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Send a test email from the Gitea admin panel:
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**Site Administration > Configuration > Mailer > Send Test Email**
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## Preview
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A live preview tool is included to browse all styles and email types without deploying to a Gitea instance.
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### Quick Start
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First, generate the preview data (requires Go):
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```bash
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go run ./tools/build-preview.go
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```
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Then open `preview/index.html` directly in a browser. No server required.
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> `preview/rendered.js` is generated and git-ignored. Re-run the command after modifying templates.
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### Features
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- Theme switcher — toggle between all 5 visual styles
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- Template switcher — browse all 11 email types
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- Client simulation — Modern, Gmail (no `<style>`), Outlook Desktop, Raw source
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- Viewport toggle — Desktop (1386x780) / Mobile (390x780)
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- Parameter panel — view template variables and mock data per email type
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- Keyboard shortcuts — `←→` templates, `d` desktop, `m` mobile
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## Directory Structure
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```
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gitea-mail-templates/
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├── themes/ # 5 visual styles, 11 .tmpl files each
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│ ├── horizon/ # Enterprise / Corporate
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│ ├── terminal/ # Developers / Tech
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│ ├── ember/ # Community / Open Source
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│ ├── bloom/ # Creative / Startup
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│ └── heritage/ # Education / Research
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├── preview/ # Live preview SPA
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│ ├── index.html # Style/template/client/viewport switcher
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│ └── rendered.js # Pre-rendered templates (generated by tools/)
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├── tools/ # Build tooling
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│ ├── build-preview.go # Go build script — renders all templates
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│ └── go.mod
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├── docs/ # Multi-language documentation
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├── AGENTS.md # AI agent guidance
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├── CONTRIBUTING.md
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├── LICENSE
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├── README.md
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└── .gitignore
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```
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### Template Types
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| File | Email Trigger |
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| `mail/user/auth/activate.tmpl` | Account activation |
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| `mail/user/auth/activate_email.tmpl` | Email address verification |
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| `mail/user/auth/register_notify.tmpl` | New registration notification |
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| `mail/user/auth/reset_passwd.tmpl` | Password reset |
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| `mail/org/team_invite.tmpl` | Team invitation |
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| `mail/repo/collaborator.tmpl` | Repository collaborator added |
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| `mail/repo/transfer.tmpl` | Repository ownership transfer |
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| `mail/repo/release.tmpl` | New release published |
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| `mail/repo/actions/workflow_run.tmpl` | Actions workflow run |
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| `mail/repo/issue/assigned.tmpl` | Issue / Pull Request assigned |
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| `mail/repo/issue/default.tmpl` | Issue / Pull Request updates |
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## Compatibility
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- **Gitea 1.21+** (all versions with Go 1.21 template support)
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- 100% variable-compatible with official Gitea templates
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- Uses only built-in Gitea template functions
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- Uses only official Gitea translation keys
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- No custom template functions or locale patches required
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## Design Principles
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1. **Responsive** — Max-width 600px cards; works in all email clients
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2. **Accessible** — 4.5:1 contrast ratios; semantic HTML
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3. **Graceful degradation** — Fallback link visible when buttons fail to render
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4. **Logo support** — References `{{AppUrl}}assets/img/favicon.png` by default
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5. **i18n-ready** — All user-facing strings use Gitea's `{{.locale.Tr}}` system
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## Documentation
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- [English](README.md)
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- [Simplified Chinese](docs/README.zh-CN.md)
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- [Traditional Chinese](docs/README.zh-TW.md)
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- [Russian](docs/README.ru.md)
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- [Japanese](docs/README.ja.md)
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- [Korean](docs/README.ko.md)
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## Contributing
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See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines. Multi-language versions available in [docs/](docs/).
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## License
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MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE). Free to use, modify, and distribute in any Gitea deployment.
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<p align="center">
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<sub>Not affiliated with the Gitea project. Gitea is a community-managed lightweight code hosting solution written in Go.</sub>
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</p>
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