FakeSMTP Alternatives

FakeSMTP is described as 'Free Fake SMTP Server with GUI for testing emails in applications easily. It is written in Java' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FakeSMTP for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and SaaS apps. The best FakeSMTP alternative is Mailpit, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FakeSMTP are MailHog, Mailcatch.app, Papercut and Mailtrap.

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  1. Mailpit icon
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    An email and SMTP testing tool with API for developers.

    32 Mailpit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Mailpit is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FakeSMTP.

    • Mailpit is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FakeSMTP.

    • Mailpit is Free and Open SourceFakeSMTP is also Free and Open Source
  2. MailHog icon
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    MailHog is an email testing tool inspired by MailCatcher, but easier to install.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  3. Mailcatch.app icon
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    An email sandbox to inspect and debug emails in dev, staging, and QA environments before sending them to recipients in production.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Mailcatch.app is the most popular Web-based alternative to FakeSMTP.

    • Mailcatch.app is Freemium and ProprietaryFakeSMTP is Free and Open Source
  4. Papercut icon
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    Papercut is a simplified SMTP server designed to only receive messages (not to send them on) with a GUI on top of it allowing you to see the messages it receives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Papercut as an Alternative to FakeSMTP
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    Should be rated a lot higher. Excellent free alternative to Mailtrap

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    Guest
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    Windows native app with helpful message rendering.

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    jensv
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    2

    Very good GUI on windows with a lot of configuration options and viewable headers etc.

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    • Papercut is Free and Open SourceFakeSMTP is also Free and Open Source
  5. Mailtrap icon
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    Mailtrap is an Email Delivery Platform for businesses and individuals to Test, Send, and Control their email infrastructure performance.

    29 Mailtrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. MailMug.net icon
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    Capture SMTP traffic from staging and dev environments. Easily validate email content text or HTML/CSS. Utilize an Email Sandbox to thoroughly examine and troubleshoot emails within staging, development, and quality assurance (QA) environments prior to sending them to recipients...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. MailCatcher icon
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    MailCatcher runs a super simple SMTP server which catches any message sent to it to display in a web interface. Run mailcatcher, set your favourite app to deliver to smtp://127.0.0.1:1025 instead of your default SMTP server, then check out http://127.0.0.

    25 MailCatcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. smtp4dev icon
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    The fake SMTP email server for development and testing.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  9. Mailosaur icon
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    Email Testing for QA & Development Teams. Catch every email your product sends, analyze it's contents, follow links and test deliverability all via the Mailosaur API.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Mailosaur is the most popular commercial alternative to FakeSMTP.

    • Mailosaur is Paid and ProprietaryFakeSMTP is Free and Open Source
  10. LunaticSMTP icon
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    LunaticSMTP is a dummy SMTP server with desktop GUI for testing email sending applications.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • JavaFX
    • Java
     
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    Ethereal is a fake SMTP service, mostly aimed at Nodemailer users (but not limited to). It's a completely free anti-transactional email service where messages never get delivered.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Origami SMTP icon
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    Origami SMTP was created with the idea to have a fake email server for testing purposes that supported TLS. This is because the code the developer was working on at the time had several hard coded values enforcing TLS so most other solutions would not work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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