Papercut Alternatives

Papercut is described as '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' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Papercut for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and SaaS apps. The best Papercut alternative is MailDrop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Papercut are MailHog, FakeSMTP, Mailtrap and smtp4dev.

Papercut alternatives are mainly Mail Servers but may also be Disposable Email Services or WebMail Providers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Papercut.

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MailDrop
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Free • Open Source
Disposable Email Service
WebMail Provider
Online
118 MailDrop alternatives
MailDrop is a free throwaway e-mail address. It's temporary. It's transient. It's disposable. It's meant for those times when you don't want to give out your real address. Just give someone any e-mail address in the maildrop.
- - MailDrop is the most popular Web-based alternative to Papercut.
- - MailDrop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Papercut.
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MailDrop Features
1. Support for AliasesMailDrop supports aliases, so you can receive email without exposing your main email address
MailHog
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Docker
29 MailHog alternatives
MailHog is an email testing tool inspired by MailCatcher, but easier to install.
- - MailHog is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Papercut.
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MailHog Features
1. PortableMailHog can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Email Forwarding
SMTP Support
FakeSMTP
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
21 FakeSMTP alternatives
FakeSMTP is a Free Fake SMTP Server with GUI for testing emails in applications easily. It is written in Java.
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FakeSMTP Features
Email testing
Mailtrap
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mail Server
Online
24 Mailtrap alternatives
Mailtrap is an Email Delivery Platform for businesses and individuals to Test, Send, and Control their email infrastructure performance.
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Mailtrap Features
1. Email VerificationMailtrap verifies that an email or subscriber list are tied to a real inbox.
Email testing
REST API
Transactional Email
Email Forwarding
Email validation
Email tracking
smtp4dev
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
17 smtp4dev alternatives
Dummy SMTP server that sits in the system tray and does not deliver the received messages. The received messages can be quickly viewed, saved and the source/structure inspected. Useful for testing/debugging software that generates email.
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smtp4dev Features
SMTP Support
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Mailosaur
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Paid • Proprietary
Online
24 Mailosaur alternatives
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.
- - Mailosaur is the most popular commercial alternative to Papercut.
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Mailosaur Features
Email testing
Test automation
SMS API
SMTP Support
SMS testing
POP3 Support
Email automation
DummySMTP
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Free • Proprietary
Software as a Service (SaaS)
22 DummySMTP alternatives
DummySMTP allows you to test the email functionality of your applications, without setting up multiple test email addresses and cluttering your inbox.
- - DummySMTP is the most popular SaaS alternative to Papercut.
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DummySMTP Features
Debugging
Ethereal Email
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Free • Proprietary
Mail Server
Online
23 Ethereal Email alternatives
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.
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Ethereal Email Features
SMTP Support
IMAP Support
POP3 Support
Email testing
Origami SMTP
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Free • Open Source
Mail Server
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
21 Origami SMTP alternatives
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.
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Origami SMTP Features
Support for TLS
Email testing
SMTP Support
MailMug.net
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
24 MailMug.net alternatives
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...
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testmail.app
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Freemium • Proprietary
Software as a Service (SaaS)
20 testmail.app alternatives
QA tool for automating end-to-end email tests. Get unlimited private email addresses and inboxes for testing new user signups, transactional emails and drip campaigns, deliverability and spam scores, etc. Integrates with your CI/CD workflow. Includes spam testing.
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testmail.app Features
GraphQL API
Software Testing Tool
Email testing
Custom Mailboxes
Test automation
LunaticSMTP
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
JavaFX
Java
20 LunaticSMTP alternatives
LunaticSMTP is a dummy SMTP server with desktop GUI for testing email sending applications.
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LunaticSMTP Features
1. PortableLunaticSMTP can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Email testing
SMTP Support