Secret Santa Generator
Draw Secret Santa names online and send each person a private link that shows only their match. No sign-up, and nobody sees the full list unless you choose to.
- Runs on your device
- No watermark
- Free, no signup needed
- Available offline
Secret Santa
Opening your link…
Check nobody can see your screen, then open your match.
You’re buying for
Keep this link to yourself. Open it again any time to check, and use the Watchlist to get told when a gift you like drops in price.
It may have been cut short or changed when it was copied. Ask your organiser to send it again, and make sure you open the whole link.
Links ready: send each person their own
Each link opens only that person’s match, and the pairings stay hidden from you. Opening someone else’s link would show their match, so just send them.
Saved draws on this device
How to use it
- Add everyone taking part, plus any couples or last year’s pairs to keep apart.
- Set the budget, date and a short message, then draw names.
- Send each person their own private link by WhatsApp, email or print.
Questions
Can the organizer see who got whom?
Not unless they choose to. The organizer view lists names and links only. “Show all pairings” asks for confirmation first, which is handy if the organizer isn’t taking part.
Is anything sent to In-Right?
No. The names and the draw stay in your browser. Each match is locked inside that person’s link, after the # sign, and browsers never send that part of a link to a website’s server (RFC 3986, section 3.5). The lock is AES-GCM encryption with a different random key for every link, so a link that has been changed or cut short simply won’t open.
How is the draw kept fair and random?
It uses your browser’s cryptographic random number generator and reshuffles until nobody has themselves or someone they’re ruled out from, so every valid draw is equally likely. If your rules are extremely tight, it builds a valid draw and then mixes it with hundreds of random swaps.
What if no draw is possible?
You’ll see exactly why, for example “Alex and Bea can only buy for Cal between them”. Remove one of the rules involving those people, or add more people.
What happens if I redraw or lose the links?
Redrawing makes new links, and old links still open the old match, so send everyone their new one. Save the draw on this device to resend links later, or print cards with a QR code for each person.
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