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MailDev

MailDev is a SMTP server and web interface based on Node.js, designed to capture and view emails sent by projects in development. It allows emails to be permanently stored in a local directory, secure access with HTTPS support, and configuring incoming mail via SMTP.

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maildev · Email & CRM / Mailchimp Alternatives

STARS6.2K
FORKS566
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CONTRIBUTORS90
VERSIONv2.2.1
UPDATED1 mo ago
Email TestingSMTPSelf-HostedNode.jsMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Mailchimp, HubSpot, Salesforce

What can it do?
  • During development, you capture the email sent by the project on the MailDev SMTP server and examine it in the web interface running on your machine.
  • For the SMTP server and web interface, you define custom IP, port and SSL certificate configurations.
  • By storing incoming emails in a specific directory, you manage data over the maximum email quota.
User reviews
  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    I've created a fork with improvements & PR merges

    “Hey all — I've created a fork of this project with various improvements and also some PR merges. You can check it out at [ I've created my own fork because this project seems abandoned, and I wanted some of the features that were not implemented (mostly persistent storage and…”

  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    Unhealthy maildev container in docker compose

    “``` ➜ docker ps | grep mail 7a82025c0d2e maildev/maildev "bin/maildev" 4 minutes ago Up 4 minutes (unhealthy) 1025/tcp, 1080/tcp maildev-1 ➜ docker compose logs -f maildev maildev-1 | MailDev using directory /tmp/maildev-1 maildev-1 | MailDev webapp running at maildev-1 |…”

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