OpenTrashmail vs Haraka
A side-by-side comparison of OpenTrashmail and Haraka — pricing, license, deployment, and where each tool wins.
OpenTrashmail
github.com
Complete trashmail solution that exposes an SMTP server and has a web interface to manage received emails. Works with multiple and wildcard domains and is fully file based (no database needed). Includes RSS feeds and JSON API.
Haraka
haraka.github.io
Fast, highly extensible, and event driven SMTP server.
| Feature | OpenTrashmail | Haraka |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Model | Open-source | Open-source |
| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Category | Communication - Email - Mail Transfer Agents | Communication - Email - Mail Transfer Agents |
| Self-hosted | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Free tier | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
Pick OpenTrashmail if…
- ✓You prefer OpenTrashmail's feature set or ecosystem fit.
Pick Haraka if…
- ✓You prefer Haraka's feature set or ecosystem fit.