# mailpit Email and SMTP testing. Source: [Console review]() Website: [https://github.com/axllent/mailpit]() Profile updated: 2026-10-16 Category: [Testing frameworks]() ## Supported tech stack Research checked: 2026-10-11 ### Runs on - FreeBSD (Operating system) - Linux (Operating system) - Windows (Operating system) - macOS (Operating system) ### Integrates with - Docker (Integration) Source: [Research source]() Documented compatibility; coverage may be incomplete. Written in describes implementation, not user-project language support. Email testing service distributes binaries for Windows, Linux and macOS, FreeBSD packages and Docker images. ## Console’s review — 2023-07-27 Reviewed: 2023-07-27 Author: [David Mytton]() Citation: [This review]() ### What we like Acts as a mail server (SMTP or API) for testing emails from your code. Static binary so can easily be run in CI/CD. API allows querying of received emails so you can check they were correctly “sent”. Can persist mail to a SQLite database. Has a web UI to inspect mail e.g. for local development. ### Tradeoffs Designed for integration testing rather than as a library for unit testing or mocking - which is probably what you want for email tests, but means you need to configure it as a service. Includes Docker images to support this. This review reflects Console’s assessment at publication on 2023-07-27. Features and limitations may have changed since the review date. ## Is mailpit a fit? Based on [Console’s review published on 2023-07-27](). Summary updated: 2026-10-16 ### Who it’s for Developers doing local development should consider mailpit ### Why consider it Mailpit allows developers to test emails from their code ### Keep in mind Mailpit is designed for integration testing rather than unit testing or mocking [Selection criteria]() · [About Console]() · [Browse tools]()