go-pop3
The premium Open Source alternative to Mailtrap
🎯 Best for:Developers building lightweight mail retrieval services in Go.
What is go-pop3?
A minimalist Go implementation of the POP3 protocol for fetching emails from remote servers. Focuses on simplicity and standard library compliance for backend mail processing integrations.
Tech Stack
GoBackend & Auth
Why go-pop3?
- • Small binary size
- • Easy to use API
- • Standard compliant
Limitations
- • POP3 only (no IMAP)
- • No built-in TLS helper
- • Low-level implementation
12/23/2025
Last Update
26
Forks
3
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Mailtrap)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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