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
MailCatcher Alternatives
Apps similar to MailCatcher include MailDrop, which is free and open source. Other options are MailGrab, Mailpit, MailHog and Mailcatch.app. Mail Servers like MailCatcher are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for the web, Mac, Linux, Windows and self-hosting.
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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
Sendria (formerly MailTrap) is a SMTP server designed to run in your dev/test environment, that is designed to catch any email you or your application is sending, and display it in a web interface instead of sending to real world.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
Poland
EU
testmail.app is an email testing platform for developers and QA teams. Create unlimited test email addresses on the fly using namespaces and tags, with no inbox setup required. Tags make it easy to isolate emails between users and parallel test runs.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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LunaticSMTP is a dummy SMTP server with desktop GUI for testing email sending applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- JavaFX
- Java
A fake SMTP server for e-mail integration testing. We capture all the e-mails we receive and make them available via our website and REST API.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
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Sendpit is a hosted email testing sandbox designed for developers and QA teams. It allows applications to send emails to a safe inbox where messages can be inspected, debugged, and tested without being delivered to real users.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
India
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Ukraine
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Imitate Email is a fake SMTP server for developers and testers. It includes an embeddable widget so that testers can quickly see sent emails alongside the app they're testing.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
United Kingdom
Mailnest is an all in one email QA tool for development & testing teams in IT companies to test & improve email functionality.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- United Kingdom
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France
United States
