smtp4dev AlternativesMail Servers and other similar apps like smtp4dev

smtp4dev is described as 'The fake SMTP email server for development and testing' and is a Mail Server in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to smtp4dev for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, SaaS, Linux and Mac apps. The best smtp4dev alternative is Mailcatch.app, which is free. Other great apps like smtp4dev are FakeSMTP, MailMug.net, Mailtrap and Papercut.

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  1. Mailcatch.app icon
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    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
     
  2. 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.

    26 FakeSMTP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. MailMug.net icon
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    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
     
  4. 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.

    33 Mailtrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Mailtrap vs smtp4dev Comments
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    smtp4dev is a local system, mailtrap is an online service

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    one is a local system the other is an online service

    • Mailtrap is Freemium and Proprietarysmtp4dev is Free and Open Source
  5. 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.

    27 Papercut alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Mailosaur icon
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    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
     
  7. 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
     
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    Cross-Platform with TLS support.

    • Origami SMTP is Free and Open Sourcesmtp4dev is also Free and Open Source
  8. 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
     
  9. testmail.app icon
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    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.

    28 testmail.app alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. 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
     
  11. MailDev icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  12. 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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