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 25 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 MailGrab, Mailpit, MailHog and Mailcatch.app.

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  1. MailDrop icon
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    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.

    154 MailDrop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. MailGrab icon
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    Debug your emails. Drop MailGrab's SMTP into your staging .env. Every email your app fires — welcome messages, password resets, invoices — shows up here instead. HTML rendered, headers readable, nothing reaches real inboxes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. Mailpit icon
     4 likes

    An email and SMTP testing tool with API for developers.

    37 Mailpit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. MailHog icon
     8 likes

    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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. Email.ML icon
     2 likes

    A minimalist temporary email service. Privacy-friendly, valid for 1 hour, AD friendly, 100% run on Cloudflare.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Mailtrap icon
     13 likes

    Mailtrap is an Email Delivery Platform for businesses and individuals to Test, Send, and Control their email infrastructure performance.

    33 Mailtrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. FakeSMTP icon
     6 likes

    FakeSMTP is a Free Fake SMTP Server with GUI for testing emails in applications easily. It is written in Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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
     
  10. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  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
     
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