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Coolify vs Mailpit

Side-by-side comparison of two indie startups from the Startup Spotlight directory.

Option A
Coolify

Coolify

Developer Tools

Self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.

Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable PaaS that runs on any server — used by indie devs who want Heroku UX on a $5 VPS.

Founder
Andras Bacsai
Founded
2021
Team
1-10
Listing
Free (nofollow)
Listed
May 2026
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Option B
Mailpit

Mailpit

Developer Tools

Email and SMTP testing tool for developers.

Mailpit is an OSS local SMTP server with a web UI for catching dev/staging emails. Built by a solo developer.

Founded
2022
Team
1-10
Listing
Free (nofollow)
Listed
May 2026
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