
TrashEmail
An open-source disposable-email bot whose entire codebase is public on GitHub: create up to 8 throwaway addresses, read mail in Telegram, no ads and no password — just an unusually auditable temp-mail option.
Key features
- Fully open-source, code auditable on GitHub
- Up to 8 disposable addresses managed at once
- No password — authenticated via your Telegram account
- No ads, no data-mining business model
TrashEmail
TrashEmail is a small, open-source disposable-email project built and maintained by a single developer, and that's both its main selling point and its main limitation. The bot lets you spin up and manage up to eight temporary addresses at once, authenticated purely through your Telegram account — no password to create or leak. Incoming mail arrives as regular chat messages.
What sets it apart from the commercial bots in this list is transparency: the entire source is published on GitHub under an Apache license, so anyone technical enough can read exactly what the service does with the mail that passes through it, rather than taking a company's privacy claims on faith. The maintainer explicitly frames it as a non-commercial project with no ad revenue and no interest in mining user data.
The flip side is that it's a solo, community-hosted project rather than a company with paying customers and uptime obligations — reliability and long-term continuity depend on one person's time, which is a real trade-off compared to the established brands here. For a low-stakes throwaway address where you specifically care about not trusting a black box, it's a solid, unusually transparent pick; for guaranteed uptime, lean on a bigger name instead.
How to start
- Open @trashemail_bot and tap Start
- Create a new disposable address from the menu
- Read incoming mail directly in the chat
Pricing and limits
Free
Pros / Cons
- Open-source code you can actually inspect
- No password to create, lose or leak
- Solo-maintained project, no company-level reliability guarantee
- Smaller and less well-known than the commercial alternatives here
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 6 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 3 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 5 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 4 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 9 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 61.0 |
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Is it really free?
Yes — the maintainer states explicitly there's no ad revenue or data-selling model; it's a community-hosted passion project.
Can I trust it more than a commercial temp-mail bot?
You don't have to take anyone's word for it — the source code is public, so you (or someone you trust) can actually check what it does with your mail.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
- Works in Russia without VPN