SecretSanta

Simple Gift Exchange Organizer

SecretSanta is an easy to use gift exchange organizer that you can deploy to your own webserver, or even to a free Windows Azure webiste.

Features

• Add as many family members as you like
• No database needed, all data is stored as JSON in text files
• Users get to click a button to pick a recipient (more fun than just being told who you picked)
• Specify which people each user should NOT pick (e.g. spouses)
• Admin console for managing users
• Responsive Twitter Bootstrap template is mobile friendly
• Wish list functionality with pre-generated preview images for items included
• Configurable gift dollar limit (used for display purposes only)
• Send login links to all users, no passwords or account creation needed
• Emails are sent out to users once everyone has chosen their recipient
• Reminder functionality so users can anonymously remind their recipient to add items to their wish list

Set Up

1. Add the following appSettings to appsettings.json, or configure as app settings in Azure:

{
    "SecretSanta:AdminEmail": "my_email@outlook.com",
    "SecretSanta:DefaultPreviewImage": "images/photo_not_available.png",
    "SecretSanta:DataDirectory": "App_Data",
    "SecretSanta:AccountFilePattern": "*.account.json",
    "SecretSanta:GiftDollarLimit": 40,
    "SecretSanta:SmtpHost": "smtp.sendgrid.net"
    "SecretSanta:SmtpPort": "587"
    "SecretSanta:SmtpUser": "my_email_user@azure.com"
    "SecretSanta:SmtpPass": "my_email_password"
}

3. Deploy to any server capable of running ASP.NET Core 6 or later
4. Make sure the folder specified in the SecretSanta:DataDirectory setting is writable