# addy.io

11 Hacker News commenters recommended addy.io and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for generating a unique email alias for each site, letting you block any one, and it supports your own domain.

## Why people recommend it

- Unique alias for each site (3 comments): "I use it all the time in conjunction with Bitwarden to generate unique emails per site." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614209)) "use a service like addy.io where you can create a new alias for every service" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339584)) "use a service like https://addy.io/ to generate email aliases on the fly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46748424))
- Works with your own domain (2 comments): "You can always use AnonAddy, SimpleLogin, or similar to receive emails at your domain then forward them to Posteo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46435247)) "Simplelogin, addy support using own custom domain" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46792483))
- Isolates senders and allows blocking (2 comments): "Burner email services like AnonAddy, iCloud "Hide my email", et al work well for actual receipt but also provide isolation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46454656)) "having control over each of them so you can block it when you want" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569663))
- Open source and affordable (2 comments): "I do something similar, use an open source service called addy.io" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48562292)) "addy.io and proton pass are both great, affordable options" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48562359))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple Hide My Email](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-hide-my-email.md): 66 recommend
- [SimpleLogin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simplelogin.md): 21 recommend
- [Fastmail Masked Email](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fastmail-masked-email.md): 10 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://addy.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "addy.io", https://hackerapproved.com/p/addy-io/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).