Secret Santa Generator – No sign-up, no tracking, gift exchanges via a private link

  I’ve used Elfster or DrawNames every year to organize Secret Santa for teams and friends, but I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with their mandatory user registration and email collection. For small, informal groups, it’s complete overkill and creates unnecessary privacy friction. So, I decided to invert the design: What if  the entire event state lived inside a shareable link ? I built  Secret Santa Generator . Here’s how it works: The organizer enters names, sets exclusions (optional), and clicks generate. The system creates a unique event ID on the server and produces a  hashed link  (e.g.,  /event/abc123def456 ). All participant data, matches, and wishlists are tied to this ID. You share this link with the group. Each participant visits the link, enters their name, and  instantly sees their assignment  (matching logic runs server-side on first access). They can add a wishlist. No accounts, no emails, no profiles. Close the browser tab, and ...