mailpit — Launchfile Catalog

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Terminal

$ npx launchfile up mailpit

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts mailpit with all dependencies.

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/axllent/mailpit
$ cd mailpit
$ npx launchfile up --native

For local development. Requires macOS + Homebrew. Clones the source, installs runtimes and databases via Homebrew, and runs the app natively — no containers.

Image: axllent/mailpit:latest

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# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: mailpit
description: "Email testing tool with SMTP server and web UI (successor to MailHog)"
repository: https://github.com/axllent/mailpit
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axllent/mailpit/develop/server/ui-src/public/mailpit.svg

# Mailpit is the actively maintained successor to MailHog.
# Drop-in replacement: point your app's SMTP at this on port 1025,
# then view captured emails in the web UI on port 8025.
image: axllent/mailpit:latest
provides:
  - name: web-ui
    protocol: http
    port: 8025
    exposed: true
  - name: smtp
    protocol: tcp
    port: 1025
storage:
  data:
    path: /data
    persistent: true
env:
  MP_DATABASE:
    default: "/data/mailpit.db"
    description: "Path to the SQLite database for message storage"
  MP_MAX_MESSAGES:
    default: "5000"
    description: "Maximum number of messages to store (0 = unlimited)"
restart: always

Test Results

Last Tested

2026-04-08

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Startup Time

Total Disk

34 MB

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