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Email template
builder

Assemble an email from simple blocks, preview it live, and export clean, table-based HTML with inline styles — the kind that actually renders in Outlook, Gmail and Apple Mail. Free, and everything runs in your browser.

Global settings
Blocks
Heading
Text
Button

Add block

Live preview

Exported HTML

Copy this into any email tool, or download it as an .html file. It uses table layout and inline styles only.

email-template.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
  <meta name="color-scheme" content="light" />
  <title>Email</title>
</head>
<body style="margin:0;padding:0;background-color:#f4f4f5;">
  <table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%;background-color:#f4f4f5;">
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="padding:24px 12px;">
        <table role="presentation" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:600px;max-width:100%;background-color:#ffffff;">
      <tr>
        <td style="padding:16px 24px;text-align:left;">
          <h1 style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:28px;line-height:1.25;font-weight:700;color:#1f2933;text-align:left;">Welcome to our newsletter</h1>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding:8px 24px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:#1f2933;text-align:left;">Thanks for subscribing! Here is what we have been working on this month — packed with updates, tips and a little something for you.</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td align="left" style="padding:16px 24px;">
          <table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:separate;">
            <tr>
              <td align="center" bgcolor="#6d28d9" style="border-radius:8px;">
                <a href="https://example.com" target="_blank" style="display:inline-block;padding:12px 28px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:600;line-height:1;color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:8px;background-color:#6d28d9;">Read the latest</a>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        </td>
      </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</body>
</html>
§ 01Email HTML

Email HTML is a different beast.

The markup that renders your email is nothing like a modern web page — here is why this tool exports the way it does.

Tables, not divs

Email clients — Outlook especially, which renders with Microsoft Word — have no reliable support for flexbox or CSS grid. Layout has to be built from nested HTML tables, exactly like the web in 1999.

Inline styles only

Many clients strip <style> blocks and ignore external stylesheets, and none of them run JavaScript. Every style has to live in a style="" attribute on the element it applies to, which is what this exporter produces.

Bulletproof buttons

A styled <a> alone collapses in Outlook. Reliable buttons are a table cell with a background color and border-radius wrapping a padded link — so the clickable area survives even where CSS is ignored.

Built a template? Now send it.

Save it, personalize it with merge tags, and send it to your list with Bitelio's editor — deliverability and analytics included. Free to start, no credit card required.

Frequently asked questions

Is this email template builder really free?

Yes — the builder is completely free and runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded to a server, there is no sign-up, and you can export or download the HTML as many times as you like.

Why does the exported HTML use tables instead of divs?

Email clients render HTML with wildly inconsistent engines — Outlook on Windows uses Microsoft Word — and most have no support for modern CSS layout like flexbox or grid. Nested tables with inline styles are the only approach that lays out reliably across Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and the rest, so the exporter builds everything from table rows.

Can I use my exported template in Mailchimp, Klaviyo or another tool?

Yes. The output is a standard, self-contained HTML document, so you can paste it into the custom-HTML / paste-code option of virtually any email platform — Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Bitelio and others — or send it with your own SMTP setup.

Why do all the styles appear inline instead of in a stylesheet?

Many email clients strip out <style> blocks and never load external CSS files, and none of them execute JavaScript. Putting every style directly in a style attribute on each element is the only way to guarantee it survives, so the builder inlines all styling automatically.

Will these emails look good on mobile?

The exported template uses a centered container capped at your chosen width with max-width:100% and a responsive viewport meta tag, so it scales down cleanly on phones. Use the desktop/mobile toggle in the live preview to check how it reflows before you export.