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 🇫🇷.
@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!
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.
@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/.
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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.
@maxdesalle Thanks a lot Max! Email alias is often mistakenly limited to the plus sign (+) trick and definitely deserves more love :).
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@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.
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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.
@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 🤦♂️ https://www.reddit.com/r/Simplel...
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@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!
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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 :).
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@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 ;-)
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.
This chrome extension is great because I can still signup for everything I see online but don't have to worry about getting any junk mail. The UI is simple to use and pairs great with my proton email.
ProxiedMail is cheaper in general and offers you a lifetime plan. It's more affordable to get a ProxiedMail lifetime than to have SimpleLogin for a year.
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