--- title: Create better emails during development | daily.dev description: MailDev is a simple way to test your project's generated emails during development with an easy to use web interface that runs on your machine. It supports... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/create-better-emails-during-development-c3njkuah0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Create better emails during development | daily.dev og:description: MailDev is a simple way to test your project's generated emails during development with an easy to use web interface that runs on your machine. It supports... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/create-better-emails-during-development-c3njkuah0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/c3njkuah0.png og:image:alt: Create better emails during development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create better emails during development **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary MailDev is a simple way to test your project's generated emails during development with an easy to use web interface that runs on your machine. It supports Docker and provides options for using it in a Node.js application. You can also configure outgoing email in MailDev. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/create-better-emails-during-development-c3njkuah0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Create better emails during development","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/create-better-emails-during-development-c3njkuah0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/create-better-emails-during-development-c3njkuah0"},"datePublished":"2024-05-18T19:28:12.838Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:36:48.369Z","description":"MailDev is a simple way to test your project's generated emails during development with an easy to use web interface that runs on your machine. It supports...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c99c34f69bdbc1cf26e2120171cce306?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c99c34f69bdbc1cf26e2120171cce306?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/create-better-emails-during-development-c3njkuah0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":11},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"devtools,docker,nodejs","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Create better emails during development"}]} ```