Vortex is a solution to the common problem of email inbox clutter. It provides temporary email addresses for signing up to newsletters, websites, and services that require an email, without compromising your primary email address. A hosted instance is available at https://vortex.skyfall.dev!

• Generate disposable email addresses
• Protect your primary email from spam and unwanted newsletters
• Ideal for one-time signups and temporary accounts (looking at you, Quora)

You will need:

• Rust
• Bun
• Node.js (to actually run the project)

Additionally, if you want to run the server, we recommend:

• Docker
• Caddy

Run:

cargo b --release

The server will be located at /target/debug/vortex-server.

Run:

cd frontend
bun run build

Ensure you've built everything first.

In one terminal, run:

RUST_LOG=debug cargo run

Ensure you have permissions to bind to port 25.

In another, run:

cd frontend
bun dev

Run it anywhere, e.g. Cloudflare Pages. Ensure environment variables are set.

This assumes that you are using Docker and Caddy.

Firstly, create a new user for Vortex.

Secondly, install rootless Docker. for the Vortex user.

Then this Docker command:

docker run --cap-drop=ALL --cap-add=NET_BIND_SERVICE ghcr.io/skyfallwastaken/vortex.email:latest

And finally, this Caddy reverse proxy command:

caddy reverse-proxy --from <your api domain> --to :3000