# Send emails with Resend CLI

## Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

- A Resend [API key](/guides/get-started-create-an-api-key)
- A [verified domain](/guides/get-started-add-a-domain)

## Guide

::::::steps
:::::step{title="Install"}
::::tabs
:::tab{title="cURL"}
```bash
curl -fsSL https://resend.com/install.sh | bash
```
:::

:::tab{title="npm"}
```bash
npm install -g resend-cli
```
:::

:::tab{title="Homebrew"}
```bash
brew install resend/cli/resend
```
:::

:::tab{title="PowerShell (Windows)"}
```powershell
irm https://resend.com/install.ps1 | iex
```
:::
::::
:::::

:::step{title="Authenticate"}
```bash
resend login
```
:::

:::step{title="Send email"}
```bash
resend emails send \
  --from "Acme <onboarding@resend.dev>" \
  --to delivered@resend.dev \
  --subject "Hello World" \
  --text "Sent from my terminal."
```
:::
::::::

## Next steps

:::card{title="CLI Reference" href="/guides/resources-cli" icon="terminal"}
Explore the full command reference, authentication options, and CI/CD
examples.
:::

## Related pages

- [Node.js](./get-started-node-js.md)
- [Serverless](./get-started-serverless.md)
- [PHP](./get-started-php.md)
- [Ruby](./get-started-ruby.md)
- [Python](./get-started-python.md)
- [Go](./get-started-go.md)
- [Rust](./get-started-rust.md)
- [Elixir](./get-started-elixir.md)
- [Java](./get-started-java.md)
- [.NET](./get-started-net.md)

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