Databases & smart spreadsheets
Grist
Spreadsheet-database hybrid with Python formulas.
open source self-hostable Grist Labs · USSelf-host the open-source core; the company is American.
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How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted outside Europe | servers outside Europe | ≈ €8/mo per seat | red — Hosted outside Europe: your data sits under non-European jurisdiction. |
Facts
| Company / project | Grist Labs (US) |
|---|---|
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Self-hosting footprint | 512 MB RAM · 0.5 vCPU · 2 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | Airtable |
| Upstream (awesome-selfhosted-data) | 11,707 stars · updated 2026-09-03 · Nodejs, Python, Docker |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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