Pick a winner
One random winner from your list, shown on a spinning wheel. Good for raffles, who presents first or who takes the next ticket.
/spinandwheel Alice, Ben, Carmen
Spin and Wheel for Slack
Spin and Wheel for Slack is a free random name picker for your channels. Type /spinandwheel with a list of names to pick a winner, shuffle a stand-up order, split people into teams or draw a number. The result is posted for everyone to see, with an animated wheel that stops on the winner.
Add to Slack
Free · no account · nothing stored
Commands
Four ways to decide in a channel
Random order
Shuffle everyone into a numbered list for stand-ups, demos, code review rotations or a speaking order.
/spinandwheel order Alice, Ben, Carmen, Dev
Random teams
Split people into 2 to 50 teams of nearly equal size for workshops, hackathons, games or breakout rooms.
/spinandwheel teams 2 Alice, Ben, Carmen, Dev
Random number
Draw a whole number from any range. Without a range it picks from 1 to 100; number 6 means 1 to 6.
/spinandwheel number 1-100
Separate entries with commas or new lines; one-word names can also be separated by spaces. @mentions work too. Type /spinandwheel help to see the options; help and error messages are shown only to you.
Setup
How to add it to your workspace
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1. Click Add to Slack
Slack opens and asks which workspace to add Spin and Wheel to. If your workspace needs admin approval for new apps, Slack sends the request to your admin.
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2. Allow the slash command
The app asks for one permission: to add the
/spinandwheelcommand. It cannot read messages, channels or your member list. -
3. Type /spinandwheel in any channel
Add your entries after the command and press Enter. The result appears in the channel for everyone, together with the list you typed.
Privacy
Nothing to sign up for, nothing stored
- One permission. The app only adds the slash command. It cannot read your messages, files or channels.
- No database. Your entries are used to draw the result and then forgotten. The access token Slack gives on install is discarded.
- Fair draws. Every result comes from a cryptographically secure random generator, the same one the website uses.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Spin and Wheel for Slack free?
Yes. The app is free, has no paid plan and needs no account. Add it to your workspace and use
/spinandwheel as often as you like.
Who sees the result?
Results are posted to the channel where you typed the command, so everyone there sees the list, the result and who spun the wheel. Help and error messages are visible only to you.
Does it work in private channels and direct messages?
Yes.
/spinandwheel works in public and private channels, direct messages and group messages, and the result is posted in that conversation.
What data does the app keep?
None of your entries. To run, the app logs the command type, the number of entries and your workspace ID for 30 days to fix errors and count usage. There is no database, and the access token from the install is not kept.
How many names can I add?
Up to 100 entries of up to 200 characters each, and from 2 to 50 teams. The animated wheel is drawn for 2 to 30 entries; with more, you get the winner as text.
Can I open the same wheel on the website?
Yes. Each result has an “Open this wheel” link that opens spinandwheel.com with the same entries, where you can customize the colors, save the list or spin on a big screen. The link is left out when an entry is an @mention or a channel.
How do I remove the app?
In Slack, open Tools & settings → Manage apps, choose Spin and Wheel and click Remove app. Nothing is left on our side, because nothing was stored.
Can it pick a random member of a channel automatically?
No. The app only has permission to add the slash command, so it cannot see who is in a channel. Type the names, or @mention the people you want on the wheel:
/spinandwheel @ana @ben @carmen picks one of them.
How random is the result?
Every entry has the same chance. The winner, order, teams and numbers come from a cryptographically secure random number generator, and the wheel animation is drawn after the winner is chosen, so it shows the result instead of deciding it.
Something not working? Get help or write to spinandwheel@gmail.com.
Integrations
Spin and Wheel in your other tools
Google Meet
A shared wheel that everyone in the call sees spin, filled with the participants’ names in one click.
See the Meet add-onEmbed on your site
Put a working wheel on a blog, intranet or class page with two lines of HTML. No ads inside the widget.
Get the embed codeOBS and Streamlabs
Add the wheel to a stream as a transparent browser source and control the entries from a separate dock.
OBS setup guideAI agents (WebMCP)
Every wheel registers tools that an AI agent in your browser can call to set entries, spin and read the winner.
How WebMCP works