Open Source Mailtrap AlternativesMail Servers and other similar apps like Mailtrap

The best open source alternative to Mailtrap is Mailpit. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Mailtrap and 13 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Mailtrap are MailHog, FakeSMTP, Papercut and MailCatcher.

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

    34 Mailpit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. MailHog icon
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    MailHog is an email testing tool inspired by MailCatcher, but easier to install.

    33 MailHog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
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    MailHog vs Mailtrap Comments
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    MailPit is the continuation of this product.

    • MailHog is Free and Open SourceMailtrap is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. FakeSMTP icon
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    FakeSMTP is a Free Fake SMTP Server with GUI for testing emails in applications easily. It is written in Java.

    24 FakeSMTP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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.

    25 Papercut alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. 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.

    26 MailCatcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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
     
  7. 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
     
  8. Sendria icon
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    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
     
  9. MailDev icon
     1 like

    MailDev is a simple way to test your project's generated emails during development with an easy to use web interface that runs on your machine built on top of Node.js.

    25 MailDev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  10. Mailocal icon
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    A local SMTP server with email display, used mostly for development of other apps. Think unlimited Mailtrap that runs on your own computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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