Hansel is a gmail/outlook replacement for teams that value privacy and ownership. Your email runs on YOUR server. Messages encrypt on YOUR device. The platform cannot read them. Spam is solved architecturally without your key, messages can't arrive. Includes encrypted messaging, email from your own domain, calendar, notes, and enterprise admin tools. No company can lock you out. Ever.
I'm Kemone a former Googler on the original GTM team for Google Workspace.
Last month Google cancelled my Workspace subscription and locked me out of my own email, contacts, and everything instantly. No warning. Early Termination on our grace period.
That day I decided: never again.
I built Hansel in under 30 days with my AI engineering partner Bob. It's a sovereign communication platform everything gmail or outlook gives you, except YOU own it.
Your email runs on your own server. Your messages encrypt on your device before they ever leave. We built our own cryptographic protocol called Wicked Crumbs — rotating identities, tamper-evident message chains, spam solved at the architecture level. Without your key, a message simply cannot arrive.
No company can lock you out. No company can read your data. No company can cancel your account. Because none of it lives with us.
This is what I wish existed before Google flipped that switch on me. I hope it helps someone else never feel that powerless again.
Download for Windows ... macOS and mobile coming soon.
Happy to answer any questions 🙏 — Kemone Phillips II
A privacy-first approach to email is refreshing—wishing the Hansel team a successful launch! 🚀
Did someone say launch day?! 👀
It’s been a journey watching Hansel come together and I’m excited to finally see it out in the wild. The more I’ve learned about what we’re building, the more I’ve appreciated the idea behind it. Having more ownership and control over something as important as your email instead of handing all of that over to a platform just makes sense.
There’s a lot that’s gone into getting Hansel to this point, and now I’m really excited to see what people think once they get their hands on it.
Go check it out and let us know what you think! 🙌
If this is what I think it is then why would we ever need standard email ever again? The idea of complete ownership definitely is enticing. Congrats on the launch team.
About Hansel by Seedling on Product Hunt
“Your email, your server, your keys so you're not locked out”
Hansel by Seedling launched on Product Hunt on August 17th, 2026 and earned 105 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #13 on the daily leaderboard. Hansel is a gmail/outlook replacement for teams that value privacy and ownership. Your email runs on YOUR server. Messages encrypt on YOUR device. The platform cannot read them. Spam is solved architecturally without your key, messages can't arrive. Includes encrypted messaging, email from your own domain, calendar, notes, and enterprise admin tools. No company can lock you out. Ever.
Hansel by Seedling was featured in Email (36.8k followers), Productivity (659k followers), Privacy (11.3k followers) and GitHub (41.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 198.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Hansel by Seedling?
Hansel by Seedling was hunted by Kemone Phillips. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Kemone Phillips
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Kemone a former Googler on the original GTM team for Google Workspace.
Last month Google cancelled my Workspace subscription and locked me out of my own email, contacts, and everything instantly. No warning. Early Termination on our grace period.
That day I decided: never again.
I built Hansel in under 30 days with my AI engineering partner Bob. It's a sovereign communication platform everything gmail or outlook gives you, except YOU own it.
Your email runs on your own server. Your messages encrypt on your device before they ever leave. We built our own cryptographic protocol called Wicked Crumbs — rotating identities, tamper-evident message chains, spam solved at the architecture level. Without your key, a message simply cannot arrive.
No company can lock you out. No company can read your data. No company can cancel your account. Because none of it lives with us.
This is what I wish existed before Google flipped that switch on me. I hope it helps someone else never feel that powerless again.
Download for Windows ... macOS and mobile coming soon.
Happy to answer any questions 🙏
— Kemone Phillips II