Best Self-hosted Alternatives to Wishlistr

Wishlist is a self-hosted, SvelteKit-based wishlist application for friends and family. It provides a simple UI for creating and sharing wishlists, claiming items, and running registry-style public lists.

Key Features

• Claim and reserve wishlist items and mark claimed items as purchased
• Automatic product metadata fetching from item URLs (title, image, etc.)
• Multiple groups support and a Registry Mode for single-list public registries
• Suggestions system with approval, auto-approval, and "surprise me" modes
• PWA support and bookmarklet to add items from product pages
• OAuth/OpenID Connect support for external authentication providers
• Invite users via SMTP (optional) and generation of invite/reset tokens
• Image uploads with configurable max size and support for SQLite via Prisma
• Docker and Docker Compose friendly packaging; community-contributed Helm chart

Use Cases

• Family gift coordination: share private group wishlists for holidays and birthdays
• Event registry: create a public registry for weddings, baby showers, or single-user registries
• Small-group gift planning: let friends reserve items to avoid duplicate purchases

Limitations and Considerations

• Does not support running on a different subpath; app expects to be served from the origin root
• Known proxy/Nginx buffering recommendations to avoid issues when running behind certain reverse proxies
• Registry anonymous claims currently cannot be un-claimed through the public flow
• Header-based proxy authentication trusts incoming headers; misconfigured proxies can allow spoofed access
• Email invites and password-reset flows require SMTP configuration; without SMTP invites must be copied manually

Wishlist is a practical open-source option for self-hosted gift and registry workflows, focused on privacy and simple sharing. It is maintained as a TypeScript/SvelteKit project with Docker-first deployment and Prisma-managed storage.