[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":94},["ShallowReactive",2],{"vs-mailpit":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"comparison":55,"competitor":84,"description":85,"extension":86,"meta":87,"navigation":88,"path":89,"seo":90,"stem":91,"tagline":92,"__hash__":93},"vs\u002Fvs\u002Fmailpit.md","Mailcatcher vs. Mailpit",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":47},"minimark",[9,14,23,27,30,34,37,40,44],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-is-mailpit","What is Mailpit?",[15,16,17,18,22],"p",{},"Mailpit is a free, open-source SMTP test server written in Go. It ships as a single binary or Docker image, catches everything sent to it, and shows you the result in a clean, fast web interface. It was built as a modern replacement for MailHog and has become a popular default in local ",[19,20,21],"code",{},"docker-compose"," setups.",[10,24,26],{"id":25},"where-mailpit-shines","Where Mailpit shines",[15,28,29],{},"Mailpit is well-built software. It's lightweight, starts in milliseconds, and its message inspector is one of the better ones in this category. Because it's a single binary with no external dependencies, it's easy to drop into a CI pipeline or a local dev environment, and its REST API makes it scriptable for automated tests. It's also completely free, with no account or usage limits — you just need somewhere to run it.",[10,31,33],{"id":32},"where-mailcatcher-differs","Where Mailcatcher differs",[15,35,36],{},"Mailpit gives you one shared inbox per running instance, with no built-in concept of separate projects, user accounts, or permissions. That's fine for a single developer on their own machine. It becomes friction once a team needs to look at the same captured emails: someone has to expose the instance, manage access to it, and keep it running and updated.",[15,38,39],{},"Mailcatcher is hosted, so there's no server to run or patch. Projects, users, and permissions are built in, so a designer or QA engineer can log in and see exactly the emails they're meant to, without SSH access or a shared instance URL.",[10,41,43],{"id":42},"which-should-you-choose","Which should you choose?",[15,45,46],{},"If you're working solo, testing locally, and you're comfortable maintaining a small piece of infrastructure, Mailpit is a strong, free choice. If your team needs to share captured emails across developers, QA, or clients without standing up and securing your own server, Mailcatcher's hosted model removes that step entirely.",{"title":48,"searchDepth":49,"depth":49,"links":50},"",2,[51,52,53,54],{"id":12,"depth":49,"text":13},{"id":25,"depth":49,"text":26},{"id":32,"depth":49,"text":33},{"id":42,"depth":49,"text":43},[56,60,64,68,71,75,78,81],{"feature":57,"mailcatcher":58,"competitor":59},"Deployment","Hosted SaaS","Self-hosted (Docker or a single binary)",{"feature":61,"mailcatcher":62,"competitor":63},"Setup","Point your SMTP settings at us","Install, run, and keep the server up",{"feature":65,"mailcatcher":66,"competitor":67},"Team accounts & permissions","Yes","No",{"feature":69,"mailcatcher":66,"competitor":67,"note":70},"Shared access without exposing your network","Remote access means running your own reverse proxy or tunnel",{"feature":72,"mailcatcher":73,"competitor":74},"Multiple isolated projects","Unlimited","One shared inbox per instance",{"feature":76,"mailcatcher":66,"competitor":66,"note":77},"HTML\u002Ftext preview, headers & attachments","Mailpit's inspector is fast and well built",{"feature":79,"mailcatcher":67,"competitor":66,"note":80},"Open source \u002F full control","Free, MIT-licensed, runs anywhere",{"feature":82,"mailcatcher":66,"competitor":66,"note":83},"Active development","Actively maintained, built as the spiritual successor to MailHog","Mailpit","How Mailcatcher compares to Mailpit for catching and previewing test emails, including team access, project organization, and hosting.","md",{},true,"\u002Fvs\u002Fmailpit",{"title":5,"description":85},"vs\u002Fmailpit","The modern, actively maintained successor to MailHog — excellent for solo local development, but you're on your own for team access and infrastructure.","eUrWRjc86t_zBNyu2mY1n7EZR4hnCwN_1oNlv5v4KHM",1788004070722]