SimpleLogin
Open source email alias solution to protect your email address. Comes with browser extensions and mobile apps.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 47% of tracked projects; popularity more than 73%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 7k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v4.82.3 · 23 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker, Python |
Is SimpleLogin actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 238 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 34 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 53% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, v4.82.3, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
SimpleLogin ranks #8 of 18 in Communication - Email - Complete Solutions, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What SimpleLogin actually does
SimpleLogin is an open source email alias tool designed to shield your primary inbox from spam and tracking. It routes messages through temporary or dedicated addresses using browser extensions and mobile clients. The project is licensed under the MIT licence.
Best fit: It suits individuals wanting to self-host their own email forwarding infrastructure to protect their personal address from third-party services.
Worth knowing: Running your own email infrastructure carries operational overhead regarding DNS configuration, IP reputation, and reliable delivery to prevent your messages ending up in spam folders.
Deployment notes
Because it runs on Docker and Python, deployment typically involves setting up persistent volumes for data storage and placing a reverse proxy in front of the container to handle TLS termination.
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