---
title: "MailHog"
description: "Self-hosted fake SMTP server with a web UI that captures outgoing mail during local development."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/mailhog-vg-1842"
category: "UI Components & Libraries"
subcategory: "Email & notification"
license: "MIT"
author: "Ian Kent (@ian_kent)"
source: "https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog"
---

# MailHog
Self-hosted fake SMTP server with a web UI that captures outgoing mail during local development.
## Facts
- Source: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog
- Category: UI Components & Libraries / Email & notification
- Author: Ian Kent (@ian_kent)
- Licence: MIT
- Tags: email, smtp, testing, self-hosted
## Why it's a gem
One Go binary, zero config — the fastest way to stop emailing real users from staging
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