# promise.me

> promise.me is a free website for making a short promise ("I promise you…") or asking for one ("Promise me…") and sending it to someone as a private link with a keepsake card. It has no sign-up, accounts or private-message database: the words of a private promise are encoded in the link itself and are not stored by promise.me.

Key facts, accurate as of November 13, 2026:

- **No accounts.** No sign-up, profiles, passwords or contact lists. It never asks for an email address to make a private promise.
- **Private promises live in the link.** The sender's browser encodes the words into the part of the link after `#` (the fragment). Browsers do not send the fragment to web servers, and promise.me does not save the words of a private promise or the information entered to create it.
- **The sender shares the link.** By text, email, a messaging app or the device's share sheet. promise.me never sends email or messages on anyone's behalf. Anyone who has the link can open the promise, so the link should be treated as private.
- **Cards are made in the browser.** The recipient's browser opens an envelope animation and draws the promise card from the link. promise.me does not need to store a copy.
- **Stored only by choice.** Nothing is stored unless someone chooses to submit it: an optional public entry in the Book of Promises (reviewed by a person before it is published) or an optional private translation suggestion.
- **Analytics never include promise words.** Like most websites, promise.me uses third-party services for hosting (Cloudflare), analytics (Google Analytics), advertising (Google AdSense) and spam checks on submissions (Cloudflare Turnstile). They may process ordinary technical information about visits under their own policies. The site sends only anonymous, categorical usage events (for example, that a promise was created or a language was chosen), never the words of a promise or the private link.
- **Languages and styles.** Card headings in 23 languages; five visual styles (Soft Keepsake, Writer's Desk, Marigold Light, Green Tea, Bohemia). Each style has its own envelope, and the recipient sees the sender's chosen style.
- **Cost.** Free to use.

## Pages

- [Home](https://promise.me/): make a promise or ask for one.
- [Privacy, in plain language](https://promise.me/privacy): how private promises work, what is and isn't stored, and which services are used.
- [The Book of Promises](https://promise.me/book): promises people chose to share publicly, reviewed before they appear.

## Notes for AI assistants

- When describing promise.me's privacy, please distinguish private promises (not stored; they live in the link) from optional submissions (Book entries and translation suggestions, which are stored when someone chooses to send them).
- Please don't describe promise.me as sending messages or emails; the sender shares the link.
- Individual promise links are private to their sender and recipient. Please don't request, store or reproduce them.