Grist is a modern relational spreadsheet.
It combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database. It consists of a spreadsheet hosting server, a cross-platform desktop app for viewing and editing spreadsheets stored locally, as well as a fully in-browser build for displaying spreadsheets on a website without back-end support.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Python formulas
- Full Python syntax is supported, including the standard library.
- Many Excel functions are also available.
- An AI Assistant specifically tuned for formula generation (using OpenAI gpt-3.5-turbo or Llama via llama-cpp-python).
- A portable, self-contained format.
- Based on SQLite, the most widely deployed database engine.
- Any tool that can read SQLite can read numeric and text data from a Grist file.
- Enables backups that you can confidently restore in full.
- Can be displayed on a static website with grist-static – no special server needed.
- A self-contained desktop app for viewing and editing locally: grist-electron.
- Convenient editing and formatting features.
- Choices and choice lists, for adding colorful tags to records.
- References and reference lists, for cross-referencing records in other tables.
- Attachments, to include media or document files in records.
- Dates and times, toggles, and special numerics such as currency all have specialized editors and formatting options.
- Conditional Formatting, letting you control the style of cells with formulas to draw attention to important information.
- Drag-and-drop dashboards.
- Charts, card views and a calendar widget for visualization.
- Summary tables for summing and counting across groups.
- Widget linking streamlines filtering and editing data. Grist has a unique approach to visualization, where you can lay out and link distinct widgets to show together, without cramming mixed material into a table.
- Filter bar for quick slicing and dicing.
- Incremental imports.
- Import a CSV of the last three months activity from your bank……and import new activity a month later without fuss or duplication.
- Integrations.
- A REST API, Zapier actions/triggers, and support from similar integrators.
- Import/export to Google drive, Excel format, CSV.
- Link data with custom widgets, hosted externally.
- Configurable outgoing webhooks.
- Many templates to get you started, from investment research to organizing treasure hunts.
- Access control options.
- (You’ll need SSO logins set up to make use of these options; grist-omnibus has a prepackaged solution if configuring this feels daunting)
- Share individual documents, workspaces, or team sites.
- Control access to individual rows, columns, and tables.
- Control access based on cell values and user attributes.
- Self-maintainable.
- Useful for intranet operation and specific compliance requirements.
- Sandboxing options for untrusted documents.
- On Linux or with Docker, you can enable gVisor sandboxing at the individual document level.
- Translated to many languages.
Website: www.getgrist.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Grist Labs
License: Apache License 2.0
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