A Secret Santa generator where nobody can peek

Most Secret Santa generators have one weak spot: whoever sets it up can see every match. This one draws the names on the server and stores the assignments where no participant, organizer included, can read them.

Everyone joins the exchange, leaves a gift hint (sizes, favorite things), and sees exactly one name: the person they drew. After the exchange, the organizer can reveal the full list to everyone at once.

• Server-side draw: nobody draws themselves, everyone gives and receives exactly once.
• Don't-pair rules keep spouses, or anyone who already exchanges gifts, from drawing each other.
• Optional budget, exchange date, and details for the whole group.
• Each giver keeps private gift-idea notes that no one else can read.
• One tap to hop to the recipient's Wish List.
• Post-exchange reveal shows the authoritative who-had-whom list.

Extended families, friend groups, and offices that want a genuinely blind draw with no spreadsheet and no trusted organizer.

Who can use it

Adults and kids

Where it works

Your household hub and shared Spaces

Price

Included with every household plan, with no per-app charge

• Wish List
• Occasions
• Potluck

• How to run a family Secret Santa nobody can spoil — Settle the budget first, draw the names so even the organizer cannot see them, keep spouses from drawing each other, and reveal the whole list on the day.

Secret Santa is one of the apps in the Chickadee Bandit library. Every household starts nearly empty and installs only what it uses; there is no per-app charge. Your data lives in your household's own private, encrypted database, with no ads and no data selling. Browse the Family apps or read the source on GitHub.