GiftManager Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Shared wishlists, purchase tracking and Secret Santa for your family, all on your own domain. Each person keeps a gift idea list with descriptions, links and prices, family members mark gifts as bought to prevent duplicates, and Secret Santa draws are built in. xCloud configures the pinned GiftManager v2.8.0 image, mounts the persistent data volume and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes.

Deploy your GiftManager

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to a Live Family Wishlist In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting GiftManager normally means a container, persistent storage, a domain and a certificate before a single wishlist exists. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick GiftManager from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain — xCloud generates the session-signing secret for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official icbest/giftmanager image pinned by immutable digest, mount the persistent data volume, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Complete Admin Setup
Open your HTTPS URL right away — it redirects to the admin setup page. Create the administrator account (username, password, email, name, birthday); the page then locks. Sign in, add family members, and add the first gift ideas.

Everything GiftManager Does, On Your Own Server

GiftManager runs in full here — the same wishlist and Secret Santa tooling as any hosted alternative, on infrastructure you control.

Personal Gift Idea Lists
Each person keeps a list with descriptions, links and prices, sorted however they like.
Mark Gifts As Bought
Family members mark ideas as bought, preventing duplicates while the surprise stays secret from the list's owner.
Secret Santa Draws
Run Secret Santa draws, with separate families manageable on one install.
Admin Dashboard
Manage users from an admin dashboard, with optional OIDC sign-on for the whole family.
Mailjet Email Reminders
Optional email reminders through Mailjet, configured with your own API key and sender address.
Everything Survives A Restart
Users, ideas, settings and avatars live on the persistent data volume — QA verified this by restarting the container and reading back a created idea.

Everything You Need To Run Your Family Wishlists 24/7

Managed hosting for GiftManager, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

GiftManager v2.8.0 deployed instantly
Pinned, vendor-maintained image
Secret Santa and multi-family support
Mailjet email reminders
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for GiftManager hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Several families managed on one install.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

GiftManager alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

Get started

Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. GiftManager itself is free under the MIT licence.

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Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy GiftManager on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

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Unlimited sites
All features included
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The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

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Unlimited sites
All features included
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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Wishlists?

GiftManager on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the data. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is GiftManager?

GiftManager is a self-hosted gift idea and wishlist manager for families and friends. Everyone keeps their own list, others can mark gifts as bought without spoiling the surprise, and the data stays on your own server. This template deploys version 2.8.0.

Is GiftManager free?

Yes — it is free and open source under the MIT licence. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated server it runs on and the management around it, not the application itself.

Does GiftManager need a database?

No. It stores everything as files in one persistent volume, which keeps it lightweight — about 54 MiB of RAM at idle in QA.

How do I sign in the first time?

Open your site after install and complete the admin setup page. There are no default accounts, and the first account created becomes the administrator; the setup page locks right after.

Can family members register themselves?

Self-registration is off by default. Admins create accounts, or self-registration — optionally behind a joining code — can be enabled in the app's own settings.

Does it send email reminders?

Yes, through Mailjet only; SMTP is not supported. Add your Mailjet API key, secret and sender address to the install's environment settings.

Is every page protected by login?

No. The login page itself, a link-preview endpoint and a cleanup trigger (which deletes bought ideas older than a configured number of days) answer without signing in, with no upstream setting to turn them off. Gift lists and ideas require sign-in. Add Basic Auth at your access layer for an extra gate if you want one.

What should I back up?

The data volume. It contains every user, idea, setting and avatar as JSON files and images.

Backups in xCloud

Does xCloud automatically back up or update GiftManager?

No. The template pins v2.8.0 by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. Review upstream release notes and take a complete backup before changing the pinned release.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 6 GB tier, far above that floor.

What happens if I lose the session secret?

Changing or losing the generated session secret only signs users out — it does not touch your gift ideas, users or settings on the data volume.

Is xCloud officially partnered with GiftManager?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the GiftManager project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source project.

Can I run other apps on the same server?

Yes. It is a dedicated Cloud VPS, not a locked appliance, so you can deploy other OneClick apps or your own sites beside it as long as the resources are there.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.