MailDev
Local SMTP server with a web inbox for viewing and testing email during development, written in TypeScript.
maildev.github.io/maildev/repositorydocs
MailDev is a local SMTP server with a web inbox for testing the email a project generates during development. It catches the mail an application sends and shows each message in the browser, and it can relay selected messages to an outgoing SMTP server. A REST API serves the stored mail as JSON. It is written in TypeScript and runs on Node.js, installed with npm, started with npx or run from its Docker image. Its documentation includes a comparison with MailCatcher.
Worth knowing
The project describes MailDev as a development tool that runs on a developer’s machine, not on a live site.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Dan Farrelly3
- Maintained by
- Individual3
- First release
- 20147
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-11-03: links, Categories, Written in, Install with, Runs as, License
maildev.github.io/maildev/ - 2026-11-03: links, License model, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/maildev/maildev - 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Maintained by
github.com/maildev/maildev/blob/master/LICENSE - 2026-11-03: Runtime, Install with
github.com/maildev/maildev/blob/master/README.md - 2026-11-03: Minimum runtime
github.com/maildev/maildev/blob/maildev@3.0.0/package.json - 2026-11-03: Minimum runtime
maildev.github.io/maildev/docs/install/ - 2026-11-03: First release
api.github.com/repos/maildev/maildev/releases - 2026-11-03: Current major version, Last release
github.com/maildev/maildev/releases/tag/maildev@3.0.0 - 2026-11-03: links
maildev.github.io/maildev/docs/ - 2026-11-03: Content API
maildev.github.io/maildev/docs/reference/rest-api/ - 2026-11-03: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-23:2026-10-29/maildev - 2026-11-03: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/maildev/maildev/contributors?per_page=1