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
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Self-Hosted
$0
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Team Size10 Users
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