We built email for people who actually care.
Not another inbox with a rebrand. A deliberate return to what email was supposed to be: a fast, private, open protocol. Nothing more.
Email that works for you, not against you.
Most email providers are free because your data pays the bill. Inboxes get scanned, ads get targeted, and your habits get tracked. The protocol itself is fine. What got built on top of it is the problem.
hacker.io is different. You pay $2.99/month and that is the entire deal. IMAP, SMTP, TLS 1.3, running clean. No tracking pixels, no algorithmic sorting, no one reading your messages.
@hacker.io is also just a great address. Short, technical, and immediately recognisable to anyone who knows what they are doing.
What we stand for
Privacy by design
Zero-log routing. No metadata sold. No third-party analytics inside your inbox. TLS 1.3 from the first packet. Your messages stay between sender and recipient.
Protocol-first
IMAP, SMTP, POP3 — full access, no gatekeeping. Works with every mail client you already use. Mutt, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, or raw telnet. We don't care.
Built for power users
Carrier-grade routing. Native MCP server for AI integration. An elite domain that signals intent. No consumer bloat, no wizard setup flows, no hand-holding.
Small team. Strong opinions.
We're a tight-knit group of engineers and security professionals who got tired of explaining to people why their "free" email was actually costing them something far more valuable.
We don't have a marketing department. We don't have a growth team optimising your engagement. We have engineers who read RFCs for fun and lose sleep over TLS cipher suite selections.
If that sounds like your kind of people, we'd love to hear from you.
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