Pønskelisten Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Pønskelisten hosting and give your family and friends a private wishlist app on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Pønskelisten 2.4.0 image as a single container with its SQLite database, mounts persistent volumes for the database and uploaded pictures, and publishes the web interface over HTTPS in minutes — sign-up needs an invite code, so you decide who joins.

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What is Pønskelisten?

Pønskelisten is a self-hosted web app for creating, sharing and collaborating on wishlists without ruining the surprise. You add wishes to a list, share it with friends and family through groups, and others can see which gifts are already taken, avoiding the moment where two people buy the same present.

It is open source under GPL-3.0 and runs from a single container with a built-in SQLite database. This template deploys version 2.4.0.

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

Running a wishlist app yourself normally means a container, persistent storage, a domain and a certificate before the first wish is added. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Pønskelisten from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — the install form asks for nothing else.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Pønskelisten image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with its SQLite database, mount the poenskelisten_files and poenskelisten_images volumes, and publish the web interface over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Register With An Invite Code
Read the latest invite code from the app log over SSH, open your HTTPS Pønskelisten URL and register with it — the first account becomes the administrator. Then remove the generateinvite line in the Environment editor, redeploy and create your first wishlist.

Everything Pønskelisten Does, On Your Own Server

Pønskelisten runs in full here: wishlists, groups and gift claiming on your own domain, with data kept in volumes you own.

Wishlists And Wishes
Create wishlists and add wishes, organise them into categories, and sort or group them on a list.
Groups For Sharing
Create groups to share wishlists with several people at once, so friends and family see what to buy.
Anonymous Gift Claiming
Others can claim a wish: everyone else sees it is taken, while the list owner does not, so the surprise stays intact.
Public Share Links
Share a wishlist by public link with people who do not have an account.
Invite-Only Registration
Registering needs an invite code, so you control who joins. Further invites are created in the admin panel.
Optional MFA And Single Sign-On
Upstream supports password sign-in with optional authenticator-app MFA, or OpenID Connect single sign-on. Both are off by default and configured in the Environment editor.

Everything You Need To Run Your Wishlist App 24/7

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

Pønskelisten 2.4.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Invite-only sign-up
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Pønskelisten

Family gift lists
Everyone keeps a list, shares it with the family group, and relatives claim items so nobody buys the same gift twice.
Birthday and holiday wishlists
Add wishes as ideas come up, organise them into categories, and send relatives to one list instead of answering the same question repeatedly.
Sharing with people outside the group
Send a public link to a wishlist so someone without an account can still see what to buy.
A private instance for people you invite
Hand out invite codes to the people you want, rather than putting your family's lists on a service you do not control.

Pønskelisten Screenshots

Pønskelisten after adding a wish to a wishlist

Pønskelisten vs Alternatives

Amazon Wish Lists: A hosted list service tied to an Amazon account. Pønskelisten is self-hosted, so the lists live on your own server and your own domain.
Christmas Community: Another self-hosted wishlist app for families and friends, also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.
GiftManager: A self-hosted gift idea and wishlist manager with purchase tracking and Secret Santa draws, also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.
Wishlist: A self-hosted gift wishlist where friends and family claim items, also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Pønskelisten sits alongside other apps on the same server.

$59.99per month

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

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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. Pønskelisten itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Pønskelisten on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. 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.

How do I create the first account?

Registration needs an invite code even for the first user. The app writes a new code to its log on each start; read the latest one over SSH with docker exec poenskelisten-<site name> grep "generated new invite code" /app/files/poenskelisten.log, register with it, and you become the administrator.

Can anyone sign up?

No. Registration needs an invite code, and wishlists need sign-in. A wishlist its owner shares by public link can be opened by anyone with that link. In QA a wrong invite code was rejected and API calls without sign-in returned 401.

What is the generateinvite setting?

With generateinvite=true the app mints a new invite code on every start and writes it to its log. Once the administrator account exists, remove that line in the Environment editor and redeploy; otherwise each start adds one more unused invite. Further invites are created in the admin panel.

Does it need a separate database?

No. Pønskelisten uses SQLite stored in the poenskelisten_files volume, so it runs as a single container with no private database service.

Can I use single sign-on or e-mail?

Both are supported upstream and off by default; set the optional smtp and OpenID Connect values in the Environment editor. They were not exercised in QA, so test them on your own install. Without e-mail configured, accounts are verified automatically.

What should I back up?

Both volumes: poenskelisten_files (database, config and log) and poenskelisten_images (uploaded pictures). config.json in the files volume holds the login-session key and any SMTP or single sign-on secrets, so treat backups as sensitive; losing it signs everyone out.

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What survives a restart?

Accounts, wishlists and wishes survived two restarts in QA, because the database and uploaded pictures live in persistent named volumes.

What happens if I change the domain?

externalurl is the address people log in from and the base of every e-mail, sharing and single sign-on link. It follows the site's domain automatically, so do not replace it; list extra login addresses in additionalurls (comma separated, scheme and host only).

Is the login page public?

Anyone who can reach the URL sees the login page, but registering needs an invite code and wishlists need sign-in. You can optionally add Basic Auth at your reverse-proxy or access layer; this template does not enable it.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Pønskelisten?

No. The template pins Pønskelisten 2.4.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 11 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung of the OneClick plan family, with ample headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Pønskelisten?

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

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.