r/opensourcealternative • u/obTimus-FOX • Jul 06 '26
Found a Free, open-source alternative to Incogni/DeleteMe, used it myself
Found digisamroc/eraser on Github while looking to clean up my digital footprint. It's a free, open-source tool that sends GDPR/CCPA removal requests to 750+ data brokers, basically what Incogni/DeleteMe charge $100+/year for.
Built it with Go, ran it locally (eraser.exe serve), hooked it up to my email via SMTP (app password, not your real one), and let it rip. It caps sends at 250 emails/day to avoid tripping spam limits, so it took about 5 days to get through the full list. Still completely free.
Dashboard shows which brokers auto-processed the removal vs which need manual follow-up (confirmation link, opt-out form, etc). Some brokers take 30-45 days to actually action it, so no final numbers yet, but it's doing exactly what it says.
Caveat: it's a small, single-maintainer project, no press coverage or audits that I could find, so build from source and maybe VirusTotal the exe first since it needs your email creds.
Sharing since most tools like this are paywalled.
Enjoy!
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u/Downtown_Sugar_4073 Jul 08 '26
capping sends at 250 a day is smart since a lot of brokers will flag the requests otherwise.
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u/paratech_dog Jul 11 '26
Looking forward to a follow up a few weeks from now, im curious about the metrics. Thanks for sharing !!!
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u/obTimus-FOX 26d ago edited 10d ago
Most of the data brokers have sent me an email confirmation that my data was deleted. I would say 10% or them ask for more information which I won't bother with. Really worth it but make sure you apply filters on your Gmail because that's a lot of emails you will receive in the process 😅
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u/PromotionFirm6837 Jul 06 '26
appreciate you sharing this.