Ben Lang

SimpleLogin - Open source email alias. Clean inbox. Custom domain, PGP,...

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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 πŸ‡«πŸ‡·.

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Kate Wilson
Great idea!
Son NK
@kateon Thanks Kate!
Toner Ben
How does it work?
Son NK
@tonerben The easiest way to use SimpleLogin is probably via its Chrome/Firefox extension on https://chrome.google.com/websto...
Beatriz
I’ve been using SimpleLogin for almost a year. Super helpful and pairs well with ProtonMail for added privacy and identity protection.
Son NK
@bzdata Thanks Beatriz and glad that SimpleLogin is useful to you! ProtonMail is indeed one of the best privacy-focused email services and we really hope SimpleLogin can collaborate with ProtonMail one day!
Son NK
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.
Chris Messina
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?
Son NK
@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/.
Verum Rex
SimpleLogin was the best thing that's ever happened to me (and I assume it the same applies to others who have tried it out. :) ). I use it mainly to protect my main e-mail from companies that potentially don't respect GDPR laws or can't be bothered to. The free plan is perfect enough to persuade me to upgrade to the premium plan in the near future. They also have an exclusive discount for students, though I don't recall by how much at the moment. The only thing I'd wish was added to this superb online service is customization of the length of the random words from the Custom Alias section and/or the type of words (not sure if it's already implemented for premium users). Just today, one of the list of domains had generated names like ".unsuspiciousness@slmail.me" and some religious term(s) paired with the domain name. It'd be a bit awkward to explain to people why the e-mail address looks like that.
Son NK
@verumrex Thanks for your kind words Verum! The premium plan is free for students during their scholarship - we were also broke back then :). About the random suffix, there's this feature request https://github.com/simple-login/... that uses 6 random character instead of a random English word as sometimes the word can be a bit embarassing :D, for example this one is captured by one user πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ https://www.reddit.com/r/Simplel...
Verum Rex
@nguyenkims Beat me to the punch! Thought I was the genius with the idea for sec there x). Also, that has got to be the most epic address generated by SimpleLogin thus far!
Maxime Desalle
SimpleLogin is one of my favorite go-to products for privacy and security. The premium plan gives instant access to custom domains, which allows you to manage all your custom domains with catch-all rules for example and use them on the fly. The major benefit of using email aliases like SimpleLogin allows, is that in case of a data breach, it's impossible for the hackers to find your other accounts, as you would have a different alias for each account. Breaches take place on a **daily** basis. And once your email account is in the wild, it will stay there forever. There is no way to get it back. And for those who are wondering, you can even send emails from an alias straight from your email provider (like Gmail or ProtonMail), to always maintain your privacy even when exchanging with people via email. I **highly** recommend using SimpleLogin, and I **highly** recommend taking the very generous premium plan. I have been using their service since a few months now, and I really can't recommend it enough.
Son NK
@maxdesalle Thanks a lot Max! Email alias is often mistakenly limited to the plus sign (+) trick and definitely deserves more love :).
Maxime Desalle
@nguyenkims Indeed, and there is a major difference between these two as plus signs (+) don't protect your inbox against spam as much as straight up different aliases do.
Minh-Duc Do
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!
Son NK
@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 :).
Minh-Duc Do
@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 ;-)
Son NK
@minhducdoo It definitely takes a bit of time to get used to :)
Kazi S
have been using this for sometime and i absolutely love it. can recommend
Son NK
@kzshantonu Thanks Kazi!
Craig Bensemann
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
Son NK
@craig_bensemann Thanks Craig and glad that you like the browser extension!
Atmos Black
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.
Son NK
@atmos_black Thanks Atmos! SimpleLogin is indeed best used with a password manager!
Imperceptus Arc
Congratulations on the launching of SimpleLogin in ProductHunt
Son NK
@x1 Thanks!
Vivek
this is a great value product. thanks for sharing this.
Son NK
@vivekweb2013 Thanks! Hope you'll find aliases useful :).
Benoit Chambon
Good job guys! Are you GDPR compliant? ;)
Maxime Desalle
@benoit_chambon Yeah, SimpleLogin is based in the EU and is fully GDPR compliant, open-source... Emails transferred through a SimpleLogin alias are immediately deleted once redirected to your real email address, by the way.
Rochak Agrawal
Love this software. Son is an amazing developer and human being. Wish him all success
Son NK
@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 πŸ˜ƒ
Jan Vlnas
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?
Son NK
@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 πŸ˜….
Shubham Jain
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!
Son NK
@shubham_jain7 Thanks Shubham and glad that you like the custom domain catch-all option! This is my favorite feature too :).
Yuko Fukushima
I have been using SimpleLogin for a while and I love it especially for its privacy-focused design!
Son NK
@hiyukoim Thanks Yuko! Just wondering if SimpleLogin has been useful to you and your friend?
Willy Nob
SimpleLogin is awesome. Its open source, easy to use and super useful. Also the roadmap looks promising.
Son NK
@willynob Thanks Willy! Yes the roadmap is packed and we are currently looking for additional developers to help implement features faster :).
Le Commandant
I use it for a week and I really love it!
Mr. D
"One alias per service" method requires a lot of efforts. You need to generate a random alias, store it somewhere. Imagine a situation when you will need to reset your password on some service β€” you definitely won't recall it even after one month. Simple Login greatly simplifying it. And it's a strange pleasure when you are able to block all spam going to the leaked email in one click. Plus you will know who exactly leaked your personal data. Great work! Thank you.
Mr. D
One small suggestion β€” it would be convenient (to me) seeing website name/description field when alias is collapsed.
Son NK
@dasdero Hey this is indeed a requested feature on github.com/simple-login/app/discussions/469 :). Feel free to upvote it to make it happen sooner!