Digital shagun book & hongbao tracker
At most large cultural weddings the gift is cash at the door - shagun and salami envelopes, hongbao and li xi, the Italian busta, Lebanese nukoot, the Nigerian money spray - and someone keeps the book. This is that book, minus the 1 a.m. handwriting: log each giver, amount, and event as envelopes arrive, and export a clean thank-you list.
Log a gift
No gifts logged yet. Entries stay in this browser only - nothing is uploaded, and there's no account. Log the first envelope above.
The book every cash-first wedding keeps
Different customs, identical need: who gave, how much, at which event, and who has been thanked.
Shagun & salami
South Asian weddings - envelopes in amounts ending in 1 ($101, $251), given across mehndi, sangeet, nikkah, and reception. Recorded because giving is reciprocal across families and decades (vyavahar and the Tamil moi ledger are literally systems of recorded mutual giving).
Hongbao & li xi
Chinese and Vietnamese banquets - red envelopes handed at the sign-in table, with their own number etiquette (8 is favoured, 4 avoided). A trusted recorder matches givers to envelopes; the count happens after the banquet.
Busta & nukoot
Italian receptions (la busta, handed to the couple or dropped in a decorated box) and Lebanese and Middle Eastern weddings (nukoot, often presented during the celebration). Same need: who gave, how much, who has been thanked.
Money spray
Nigerian weddings - celebratory and danced, with bills sprayed over the couple and gathered by designated helpers. It's counted afterwards, which is exactly when a clean per-event record matters most.
The paper notebook fails at a few hundred guests: one copy, no backup, no per-event column, and a thank-you list someone rebuilds by hand. A digital ledger fixes all four - and at a multi-event wedding it pairs naturally with a registry page built for large, multi-event weddings.
Private by design
A gift record is family business. Here is exactly where your data lives.
Everything stays in this browser
Entries are saved to this device's local storage only. No account, no server, no analytics on your gift data - GetJoyBox never sees a name or an amount. The flip side: clearing browser data erases the draft, so export when you're done.
Export any time, Excel-safe
The CSV download is UTF-8 with a byte-order mark, so names in Devanagari, Chinese characters, Arabic, or accented Latin open correctly in Excel and Google Sheets. Columns: giver, amount, currency, method, event, note, date.
The permanent version is free too
A GetJoyBox registry includes the same gift log as a permanent, co-host-shared record - merged with online gifts into one thank-you list, with AI-drafted thank-you notes. It records gifts only; the money itself never passes through GetJoyBox.
Cash-gift tracking FAQ
What is a shagun book?
A shagun book is the record of who gave what cash gift at a wedding - named for the shagun (or salami) envelopes given at South Asian weddings, often in amounts ending in 1, like $101. A trusted relative traditionally keeps it at the door, because in many families the amounts are reciprocal: what the Sharmas gave at your wedding guides what you give at theirs. The same record goes by other names elsewhere - the Tamil moi ledger, the Korean entrance book for chukuigeum, or simply the gift list.
How do hosts track hongbao at a wedding banquet?
At Chinese and Vietnamese weddings, guests hand red envelopes (hongbao, or li xi) at the sign-in table on the way into the banquet. A designated recorder - usually a close friend or family member the couple trusts completely - logs each giver beside their envelope, and amounts are typically counted and matched to the list after the banquet. This tool replaces the paper sign-in list: log the giver as the envelope arrives, add the amount when it's opened, and export the finished list.
Is my gift list uploaded anywhere?
No. This ledger runs entirely in this browser - entries are saved to this device's local storage, there is no account, and nothing is sent to any server. That also means clearing your browser data erases it, so export the CSV when you're done, or move the list into a free GetJoyBox registry where the gift log is stored permanently and shared with your co-hosts.
Can I export the list for thank-you notes?
Yes - the Export CSV button downloads an Excel-safe file (UTF-8 with BOM, so names in any script open correctly) with giver, amount, currency, method, event, and note columns. Inside a free GetJoyBox registry, the same ledger goes further: envelope gifts and online registry gifts merge into one thank-you list, with per-gift thanked tracking and AI-drafted thank-you notes.
What about gold, boxed gifts, or gifts with no amount?
Log them without an amount - pick Gold, Gift, or Other as the method and describe the gift in the note (for example "gold bangles" or "kitchen set"). The running total counts them separately so your cash total stays accurate while the thank-you list stays complete.
Does GetJoyBox touch the money?
Never. The ledger is a record, not a payment product - the envelopes go wherever your family keeps them. The same is true inside a GetJoyBox registry: cash funds are paid guest-to-couple by e-Transfer with 0% platform fees, and the gift log simply records what arrived.
Give the gift log a permanent home - free
Your permanent gift log lives inside your free GetJoyBox registry - envelope gifts and online gifts in one thank-you list, shared with your co-hosts, with per-event tracking, AI-drafted thank-you notes, and 0% fees on cash funds.