Git Hitched vs WeddingDonkey

Git Hitched is a free, open-source wedding website template built with Ruby on Rails for couples who host and customize it themselves. Guests enter a shared invite code, then RSVP by household for each invited event, including meal selections and dietary notes. The system records children and childcare requests, with dashboard views by age bracket and event. Administrators can manage invitations and guests, send bulk messages, review RSVP and attendance reports, import invites from a Google Sheets CSV URL, and export guest or seating workbooks. Seating tools support event tables, drag-and-drop assignments, and Excel export. Guests can reserve hotel rooms through Stripe Checkout, while administrators manage bookings and refunds. Invitation, RSVP, reminder, and hotel emails use configurable delivery providers such as SendGrid or Postmark. Nine configurable content pages, branding, events, and visibility settings support customization. Deployment configuration covers Render and Kamal. It runs self-hosted or on the web and is MIT licensed.

WeddingDonkey is a web service for creating a personal wedding website with RSVP management, photo galleries, a gift registry, maps and a guestbook. Users can choose modern, elegant, simple or unique themes, share photos and videos, and add background music to slideshows. The RSVP tool supports multiple events, response tracking and custom guest questions such as meal preferences. Maps can show locations such as a church or parking area. Pages may be public or password-protected, and the site is designed for desktop computers, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Basic is free for three months and includes 25 MB of file space. Standard costs $9.90 a month and Premium costs $14.90 a month; both paid plans offer two months free if billed annually. Premium includes Google Analytics and a keepsake download when prepaid for one year. Separate options are Keepsake Download for $39, paid once and Online Archive for $49 a year. A 14-day unrestricted free trial is offered with no signup fee, and plans can be changed anytime. WeddingDonkey is provided by codeplant GmbH in Rüti, Switzerland.