Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Burn After
Single-use file links that disappear after opening
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Send encrypted file links instead of email attachments
Oct 2025 · couchdrop.io · its alternatives →
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Contribute to poblahblahblah/burn-after-clicking development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Burner Mail▲295Stop giving away your personal information
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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url.dev▲194Create short, temporary, self-destructing messages and links
2020 · url.dev · its alternatives →
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Share files from your terminal with end-to-end encryption
2024 · rstream.io · its alternatives →
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Securely share sensitive files
2022 · comply.strac.io · its alternatives →
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squeeze your email messages into a single line, convert email attachments into links
2016 · plainemail.com · its alternatives →
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Stasher is a tiny CLI tool that lets you share encrypted secrets that burn after reading — no accounts, no logins, no servers to trust. I built it because I just wanted to share a password. Not spin up infra. Not register for some "secure" web app. Not trust Slack threads. Just send a secret. Secrets are encrypted client-side with AES-256-GCM. You get a `uuid:key` token to share. Once someone reads it, it's gone. If they don't read it in 10 minutes, it expires and deleted. Everything is verifiable. Every release is signed, SLSA-attested, SBOM-included, and logged in the Rekor transparency…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Share web pages, code snippets, and rich text with an auto-expiring link. No signup needed — paste, pick a lifetime from 5 minutes to 30 days, and send the link.
2017 · ctxt.io · its alternatives →
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Send files securely without leaving your Slack channel!
2020 · its alternatives →
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Hirosend▲90I built Hirosend because I needed a fast and secure way to send files to clients without asking them to create accounts or navigate permission screens. Dropbox/Drive were too heavy for one-off transfers, WeTransfer felt clunky for quick sends, and I really missed the simplicity Firefox Send had before it shut down. Hirosend lets you upload a file, set expiration, add an optional password, or generate a one-time magic link. Recipients just click and download — no signup required on their side. Files are encrypted before being stored and automatically deleted after expiration. There are…
Nov 2025 · hirosend.com · its alternatives →
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BurnLink▲3A secret link that self-destructs after one read
Jul 2026 · burnlink-mail.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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