What is MailCatcher?
It runs a super simple SMTP server which catches any message sent to it to display in a web interface. It catches all mail and stores it for display. It shows HTML, Plain Text and Source version of messages, as applicable.
MailCatcher is a tool in the Email Testing category of a tech stack.
MailCatcher is an open source tool with 6K GitHub stars and 570 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to MailCatcher's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses MailCatcher?
Companies
6 companies reportedly use MailCatcher in their tech stacks, including StackShare, PC Pulse, and Vow Made.
Developers
12 developers on StackShare have stated that they use MailCatcher.
MailCatcher's Features
- Runs as a daemon in the background, optionally in foreground.Sendmail-analogue command
- catchmail, makes using mailcatcher from PHP a lot easier
- Keyboard navigation between messages
MailCatcher Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to MailCatcher?
MailHog
It is an email testing tool for developers. You can configure your application to use MailHog for SMTP delivery. You can view messages in the web UI, or retrieve them with the JSON API.
Mailtrap
We offer one platform that covers all email-related needs in one place: testing, sending, and in-depth tracking to control how email infrastructure works and performs.
Litmus
Litmus is a testing service for web and marketing professionals. It allows people to cross-browser test their websites, and test their email newsletters across a range of email clients and spam filters.
Email on Acid
Email on Acid is the most affordable, self-serve email testing platform in the world. We can help you maximize the success of your email marketing efforts by diagnosing and improving your renderability, deliverability, click-throughs and conversions.
Premailer
For the best HTML e-mail delivery results, CSS should be inline. This is a huge pain and a simple newsletter becomes un-managable very quickly. This script is the solution.
