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Sendy v7 is Released and Looks Great!

presswizardspresswizards
edited May 14 in Using Sendy

I've upgraded to v7 and love it. My main point: everyone should update, and the AI features are totally worth it, especially the Analyze Report score and analysis. I had zero issues upgrading, and campaigns kept sending on schedule.

I love the new UI, feels familiar but more polished, and the new drag/drop editor is great. We were using Stripo, and I don't think we need that anymore.

Loving the AI features, using them already. I've had it generate a few new templates, and it does a nice job. Generating different subject lines is cool too. The Analyze Report feature is great, because it's superb insight into the list quality itself, the content and how it related to the stats, and best part is the recommendations on how to improve things based on the actual data.

For Ben: I see the model being used is gpt-5.4-mini, I'm assuming I can just edit the /includes/helpers/openai.php file to change the model as desired. Any plans for a model fetch and model drop-down option? Given they change fairly often, and costs vary, it'd be a good idea I think.

Perhaps there could be specific dev hooks added to Sendy, to hook into different areas to add on to or override things like this?

Over time, maybe look into eventually adding an option for AI endpoint to be able to use any self-hosted or hosted provider like OpenRouter, LiteLLM, or local models. I just added this to my FreeScout GPT Pro module (an AI module for the FreeScout open-source support platform), and it was as easy as adding an endpoint URL field, and if that's set, just using that endpoint with "/v1/chat/completions/" appended to it, and an "AI Gateway" API key field.

I am working on an update-sendy.php script that backs up the current files/folders (minus uploads) to a /backups/sendy-v6.1.3/ folder, gets the latest version using the sendy.co/download/ URL with the license key, and unzips it in place, with a quick revert version option. Maybe add an option to run weekly via crontab etc. Once it's tested and ready, I'll share it here in the forums if anyone is interested.

I'm putting together a new hosting plan offer with Sendy in mind, if anyone wants hosting with deep Sendy-capable support.

Comments

  • BenBen

    Thanks for the feedback and for sharing your experience with v7. Glad to hear the upgrade went smoothly and that you're finding the AI features useful.

    The AI email template generation and Analyze Report insights + recommendations are something I’m especially excited about, so it’s great to hear they’re already helping in real-world use.

    As for GPT model selection, I’ll definitely consider it. Having more flexibility around model choice and endpoints makes a lot of sense, especially with how quickly things evolve in the AI space.

    Also appreciate the thoughts around hooks/extensibility and the update script idea, sounds very useful.

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