I come from a family of six kids. My parents didn't want us to try and buy a gift for all of our siblings, so they went with the Kris Kringle method of picking names so that each person in the family only had to buy one gift for one person. For years we drew names out of hat, but now we are scattered across the country and married. The Kringlebot is a Python script that associates Kris Kringles with the person to whom they will be giving a gift. It will generate a JSON file with the Kringle and recipient for every year so that there will be a historical record and so Kringles won't have the same recipients two years in a row. It can also be configured so that spouses won't get their spouse because, I assume, they are already getting them something spectacular.
The Kringlebot is designed to be run in a terminal. There is no installation needed.
To run, enter the /kringle directory and run ./startup.py. If this is
your first time running the bot you will be required to enter names of
participants. You will be able to edit or add more participants at any time
until you have generated the Kris Kringle list.
Once you have added participants you can associate the participants with their spouses, assuming their spouses were added as participants. Like the participants list, you will be able to edit or update the list until Kringle list is generated.
The Kringlebot is the brainchild and work of Tom Camp. For some reason it is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0