receive-only · no sign-up · open source

Disposable email,
live in your terminal.

Run one command and you get a throwaway inbox. Mail shows up as it arrives, the verification code is pulled out for you, and it's gone in 15 minutes.

every inbox is an address on mailbust.com  ·  open a name, get name@mailbust.com

$ curl -sSL mailbust.com/install.sh | sh
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mailbust
$ mailbust testing▋
testing@mailbust.com PUBLIC⏱ 14:58 left
▸NetflixVerify your email482913just now
GitHubConfirm your account[link]1 min ago
StripeYour one-time passcode5501822 min ago
SlackYour confirmation code824193just now
↕ navigate   ⏎ read email   c copy code   l copy link   a copy address   t theme   q quit
What it does

Out of your way, fast

⚡

Live, no refreshing

Mail streams in over a WebSocket and lands in the list instantly, with the code shown right in the row.

🎯

Codes pulled out

The verification code or login link is detected for you. Order numbers, prices and dates are ignored, backed by 80+ tests.

🤖

Scripts and agents

--code, --json and real exit codes for CI, plus an MCP server so AI agents can grab codes on their own.

Three ways in

People, scripts, and agents

Interactive
$ mailbust
$ mailbust testing
$ mailbust testing -t 1h
Scripting and CI
$ mailbust --new --json
$ mailbust box --code
$ mailbust box --list --json
MCP for agents
$ mailbust mcp

# create_mailbox
# wait_for_code ...
Under the hood

Serverless, on Cloudflare

Email incatch-all routing → Workerparse and extract → Durable Objectone per inbox → Auto-deletewhen it expires
Install

One line, any platform

macOS and Linux
curl -sSL mailbust.com/install.sh | sh
Windows
irm mailbust.com/install.ps1 | iex
With Go
go install \
  github.com/atifrana/mailbust/cli@latest

Or grab a binary from the releases page. Homebrew and Scoop are on the way.