Grist
Grist is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Office Suites category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Airtable, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel and ships a Docker image. It has 11,999 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Office Suites
- TypeScript
- Apache-2.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 11,999
- Forks
- 673
- Open issues
- 640
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,190
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.7.21Oct 9, 2026
- Created
- May 22, 2020
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,190 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors16 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,190 |
| Latest release | v1.7.21 (Oct 9, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 69 |
| Open issues | 640 |
| Open pull requests | 124 |
| Good first issues | 16 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | May 22, 2020 |
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About Grist
Next-generation spreadsheet with relational structure, formula-based access control, and a portable, self-contained format (alternative to Airtable).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/gristlabs/grist-core.
Topics
- awesome
- database
- spreadsheet
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Is Grist free and open source?
Yes. Grist is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Grist with Docker?
Yes. Grist provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Grist?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Grist include Etherpad, CryptPad and ONLYOFFICE. Grist itself is a self-hosted alternative to Airtable, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel.
Is Grist actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Grist was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,190 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.7.21, published Oct 9, 2026. It had 640 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.