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SimpleLogin — Open source email alias. Clean inbox. Custom domain, PGP,...
SimpleLogin is an open-source email alias service that protects your inbox by using a unique email alias for every website.
Unlimited bandwidth, custom domain, PGP, Yubikey, open roadmap. Made in 🇫🇷.
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Kazi S
have been using this for sometime and i absolutely love it. can recommend
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Hi there ProductHunt
This is Son, the developer behind SimpleLogin here. Thanks @benln for the hunt!
I used to use my Gmail address everywhere, for signing up for new services, subscribing to newsletters, etc. I didn't realize it had become my Internet identity, my "virtual social security number”. My online activities could be easily linked together by this address and my mailbox was an easy target for any spam/phishing campaign.
What if there was a tool to create a different email address for each website? What if there was a way you could just disable an address if it starts receiving spams? And it would make it much harder to follow you across the internet. Actually there was already a way. The secret lays with "email aliases", an old, underused technology, but can help us take back control of our mailboxes.
In 2019 I quit my comfortable job to create that tool. It had to be easy to use, yet powerful enough that an email alias can not only receive email but also send it. It had to be open source, because I didn't want to have to trust a closed-source software to forward my emails, and it had to be available to everyone.
That's how SimpleLogin was born.
First launched in beta in 2020, SimpleLogin now regularly receives positive feedback from the privacy community and "influencers". SimpleLogin is available for Web, mobile (iOS, Android) and as Chrome/Firefox/Safari browser extensions.
SimpleLogin is 100% open source and can be self-hosted. Its notable features include sending emails from aliases, two-factor authentication (TOTP, WebAuth/FIDO, TouchID), custom domains, PGP encryption, multiple mailboxes/usernames, and catch-all/wildcard domains.
It's never too late for us to take back control of our mailboxes and our privacy. 30,000 people have already done it and never looked back.
Can't wait to see you creating your first alias.
Cheers,
Son.
Top Hunter
@benln @nguyenkims congrats on the launch.
When you say, "What if there was a tool to create a different email address for each website? What if there was a way you could just disable an address if it starts receiving spams?", my first thought was about how Sign in With Apple lets you hide your email address.
This offers the same functionality, right?
@benln @chrismessina Hey alias created by "Sign in with Apple" doesn't allow sending emails or replying to forwarded emails. It also misses some features like custom domain, an UI to manage aliases, ability to create aliases on the fly, etc. But "Sign in with Apple" is a clear sign that email aliases is becoming mainstream. This is also confirmed by Firefox Relay, another email alias service that was launched last year.
And it's funny that you mention "Sign in with Apple"! Originally SimpleLogin main product was a privacy-focused alternative to "Login with Facebook/Google" and then Apple launched "Sign in with Apple" at their WWDC ... At this point we decided to do the pivot and focus more on the email alias :). "Sign in with SimpleLogin" continues to be developed, though not really visible on the home page, more info about it on https://simplelogin.io/developer/.
Been SimpleLogin for a while. great browser integration, easy to use and the added privacy by not having to use your real email address everywhere
Definitely recommend for email lovers. Super useful when it comes to privacy. What makes SL stands out is that emails are allowed to send out. Keep up the good work, Son!
@minhducdoo Thanks Duc! Able to send emails from alias is indeed the most difficult challenge when implementing SimpleLogin but I guess it's worth the effort :).
@nguyenkims I'm impressed with how simple the solution is, to be honest. At first I didn't believe it, but when I figure out how it works, it's like magic. You're definitely a magician ;-)
I've been using it for half a year now and all I can say is that it's a must-have app no matter who you are or what you do. It protects your privacy!
As a bonus, you'll have much more control on your inbox by disabling the email addresses to which spam is sent thus you'll have a nice and clean inbox; no filtering through spam, no headaches.
@daniel_t0t3u Thanks! I always have a bit of doubt regarding the spam detection by Gmail/Outlook/etc and with SimpleLogin, the spam detectors are actually us and that feels great :).
I've found SimpleLogin last year and subscribed to premium before my trial expired. In my opinion it's the first solution of this kind which is fully thought out through. I especially appreciate support for replies and custom domains. Thanks to the latter feature I was able to migrate my catch-all email domain to SimpleLogin and kill off some compromised aliases used only by spammers.
My only wish is if there were integration with password managers (especially Bitwarden), but that's not really a Simplelogin's issue.
Oh and did I mention it's fully open-source with nice documentation for self-hosting?
@janv Thanks Jan! Being able to reply/send emails from an alias is the most difficult technical challenge in SimpleLogin and glad that it works out well! Stay tuned for the password manager integration, we'll continue asking password managers to integrate SimpleLogin :) and if no one answers, why not create our own 😅.
@tonerben The easiest way to use SimpleLogin is probably via its Chrome/Firefox extension on https://chrome.google.com/websto...
Just came here to say that today I found out about the reverse Alias.... wtf! that's mindblasting!! 🤯
I've been using SimpleLogin for around a year -- it's been so useful for me and it's been a flawless experience so far!
I'm using a custom domain with their catch all email address support to just make a new email address on the fly whenever I want - I can just register and login to sites with emails like [sitename]@mydomain.com and they come straight to my normal inbox!
Compared to other similar services/techniques, SimpleLogin stands out to me because it lets you send emails from your aliases too, which you can't really do with more simple things like adding a "+xyz" to your normal email address (e.g. with Gmail). It's also self-hostable (though I haven't done that myself, it's nice to know I can if I want/need).
Thank you so much for all the work that's gone into this service!
@shubham_jain7 Thanks Shubham and glad that you like the custom domain catch-all option! This is my favorite feature too :).
SimpleLogin is easy and elegant in use and allows you to create (and destroy) email aliases on the fly - new site you’re not 100% sure of? Register with an off the cuff alias. Excellent free level and loads of extra features on the reasonably priced paid tier - highly recommended by me
@lucashogie Thanks for your support and feedback since the start Lucas! Still remember discussing with you about the wordings, designs to use for the SimpleLogin's landing page 😃
I know it since a few days ago and started to use it right away. It's open source so I tried to installed it in my home server, but I found the process a bit complex (maybe with some video tutorial with step by step indications), so I end up using it from their website. Super happy with it.
I have been using SimpleLogin for a while and I love it especially for its privacy-focused design!
@smartwolfgang Thanks Wolfgang! You were one of SimpleLogin first users and thanks a lot for your support!
@bo0mh4cks Thanks for your support! Feedbacks during the beta has been very helpful to us to stabilize the feature sets!
SL is next to a DNS firewall & a password manager the most important service you can (and should!) use for upping your privacy game! I love SL and I'm using it daily. All my mails get encrypted and forwarded to my Protonmail with PGP encryption. I can't imagine an internet without it.
Love this software. Son is an amazing developer and human being. Wish him all success
@john_doe1985 Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your feedbacks at the early days, I still remember you're one of the first users on SimpleLogin 😃
