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reacherhq/check-if-email-exists

Developer toolsRust#email#email-validation#email-verification#hacktoberfest#email-validation-api
Total stars
10,089
Today
+3
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Check if an email address exists without sending any email, written in Rust. Comes with a ⚙️ HTTP backend.

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About the project

A Rust tool that checks whether an email address exists without sending any email: validates syntax, MX records, SMTP, disposable addresses and breaches. Available as a CLI, Docker HTTP backend and Rust library.

Useful for
  • Validate signup form email addresses before sending a newsletter
  • Run the Docker HTTP backend and call it from your own service
  • Filter out disposable and role accounts when accepting signups

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1.4 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score.

Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 4, 2026, 11:02 UTC.

The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.

Stars per day

075150August 1, 2026October 29, 2026

Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.

Why it’s trending

  • 3 stars so far today, about 7 expected by the end of the day.

Measured growth: the last 7 completed days

The full 7-day window is unavailable; no weekly total or comparison is calculated.

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Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 12 · September 29, 2026. Days with data: 6.

Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 4, 2026, 11:01 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →

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Numbers

Total stars
10,089
Today
+3 stars on 2026-10-04 (UTC), ≈ 7 by evening
Forks
739
Issues and pull requests
1,628
Watchers
67
Language
Rust
Latest release
v0.11.7 · January 15, 2026
Created
April 25, 2017
Last push
October 2, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

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