FakeSMTP Alternatives

Apps similar to FakeSMTP include Mailpit, which is free and open source. Other options are MailHog, Mailcatch.app, Papercut and Mailtrap. You're spoiled for choice with Mail Servers like FakeSMTP: we list more than 25 alternatives for the web, Windows, Linux, Mac and self-hosting.

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

    38 Mailpit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  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
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  3. Mailcatch.app icon
     3 likes

    An email sandbox to inspect and debug emails in dev, staging, and QA environments before sending them to recipients in production.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. Papercut icon
     5 likes

    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.

    27 Papercut alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  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.

    35 Mailtrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. MailMug.net icon
     3 likes

    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
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  7. MailCatcher icon
     4 likes

    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.

    30 MailCatcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. MailDotNull icon
     1 like

    MailDotNull is a local mail catcher for development. It emulates the HTTP send APIs of popular email providers (Resend, SendGrid, Mailjet, Mailgun, Postmark, Brevo, Amazon SES) plus plain SMTP with STARTTLS and SMTPS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    Good alternative?
     
  9. Mailosaur icon
     10 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. LunaticSMTP icon
     2 likes

    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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  11. 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
    Good alternative?
     
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