🚀 Product Hunt Daily Emailer

A Python CLI tool that fetches Product Hunt's daily top launches, generates AI-powered summaries using Gemini, and sends a beautifully formatted email digest via Resend.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Fetches top products from Product Hunt API
• 🤖 AI-powered summaries using Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free tier)
• 📧 Beautiful HTML email templates
• ⚙️ YAML-based configuration
• 🍓 Raspberry Pi cron job ready

⚡ One-Line Install (Raspberry Pi / Linux)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eyupucmaz/product-hunt-mailer/main/install.sh | bash

This interactive script will:

• Install uv package manager
• Clone the repository
• Configure your API keys and email settings
• Set up a cron job for scheduled emails

📋 Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• uv package manager
• Gemini API key (free)
• Resend API key (free tier available)
• Product Hunt developer token

🚀 Manual Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/eyupucmaz/product-hunt-mailer.git
cd product-hunt-mailer

2. Install dependencies

# Install uv if you haven't
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Install project dependencies
uv sync

3. Configure environment variables

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and add your API keys:

GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key_here
RESEND_API_KEY=your_resend_api_key_here
PRODUCT_HUNT_TOKEN=your_product_hunt_token_here

4. Configure email settings

cp config.example.yaml config.yaml

Edit config.yaml to set your recipients and sender email:

email:
  from: "Product Hunt Digest <digest@yourdomain.com>"
  subject_prefix: "🚀 Product Hunt Daily"

recipients:
  - name: "Your Name"
    email: "you@example.com"

Note: The sender email domain must be verified in your Resend dashboard.

5. Run

uv run python -m src.main

🍓 Raspberry Pi Deployment

Install uv on Raspberry Pi

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
source $HOME/.local/bin/env

Clone and Setup

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/eyupucmaz/product-hunt-mailer.git
cd product-hunt-mailer

uv sync

cp .env.example .env
cp config.example.yaml config.yaml
# Edit both files with your settings

Test

uv run python -m src.main

Setup Cron Job

crontab -e

Add one of these lines:

# Daily at 9:00 AM
0 9 * * * cd /home/pi/product-hunt-mailer && /home/pi/.local/bin/uv run python -m src.main >> /home/pi/product-hunt-mailer/cron.log 2>&1

# Daily at 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM
0 8,18 * * * cd /home/pi/product-hunt-mailer && /home/pi/.local/bin/uv run python -m src.main >> /home/pi/product-hunt-mailer/cron.log 2>&1

# Weekdays only at 9:00 AM
0 9 * * 1-5 cd /home/pi/product-hunt-mailer && /home/pi/.local/bin/uv run python -m src.main >> /home/pi/product-hunt-mailer/cron.log 2>&1

Note: Replace /home/pi with your actual home directory (echo $HOME)

📁 Project Structure

product-hunt-mailer/
├── .env.example          # Environment variables template
├── config.example.yaml   # Configuration template
├── pyproject.toml        # Dependencies
├── README.md
└── src/
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── main.py           # CLI entry point
  ├── scraper.py        # Product Hunt API client
    ├── summarizer.py     # Gemini AI integration
    └── mailer.py         # Resend email sender

⚙️ Configuration Options

config.yaml

Environment Variables

Gemini Models

🔧 Troubleshooting

📄 License

MIT License - feel free to use this for your own projects!

🙏 Credits

• Product Hunt for the amazing product discovery platform
• Google Gemini for AI summarization
• Resend for email delivery