Present Partner is a free web application that makes it easy to create and share gift wish lists with family and friends. It is available at PresentPartner.com.

Features

• Create and manage wish lists for birthdays, holidays, or any occasion.
• Save gift ideas for other users, even if they haven't signed up yet.
• Share your list with anyone—even non-members—using a unique link.
• Set a debut date for your gifts so you can schedule them to appear on your list at a later time.
• Free to use.

History

Present Partner started life as FamilyGiftRegistry.com, a gift list site built on a traditional LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). It served its purpose well, but when I began working for Microsoft I wanted to learn ASP.NET MVC, so I decided to rewrite the application from the ground up. At the time, .NET Core did not yet exist, so the system ran on IIS and was hosted in Azure. The site was rebranded as Present Partner during this rewrite.

I've since transitioned the application to .NET Core, which opened the door to running on Linux-based systems rather than requiring a Windows server with IIS. Over the years I've continued to add features, including the ability to save gift ideas for other users (even those who haven't created an account), shareable list links for non-members, and most recently the ability to set a debut date so gifts can be scheduled to appear on your list at a later time.