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

Great idea!

How does it work?

I’ve been using SimpleLogin for almost a year. Super helpful and pairs well with ProtonMail for added privacy and identity protection.

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.

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.

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.

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!

have been using this for sometime and i absolutely love it. can recommend

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

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.

Congratulations on the launching of SimpleLogin in ProductHunt

this is a great value product. thanks for sharing this.

Good job guys! Are you GDPR compliant? ;)

Love this software. Son is an amazing developer and human being. Wish him all success

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?

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!

I have been using SimpleLogin for a while and I love it especially for its privacy-focused design!

SimpleLogin is awesome. Its open source, easy to use and super useful. Also the roadmap looks promising.

I use it for a week and I really love it!

"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 — 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.