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AI spreadsheet generator

Build a complex spreadsheet workflow with AI in minutes. Grist brings your spreadsheet ideas to life – no coding knowledge required. Just bring a vision and a prompt, and our AI tool will handle the rest.

Not sure what to build?

Get started without spreadsheet generation with our pre-built custom templates. Grist is free to use, open-source and endlessly flexible.

Event Planner Template

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Lightweight CRM template

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Spreadsheet Invoice Template

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Investment Spreadsheet Template

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Digital Sales CRM

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Flashcards

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What is Grist?

Grist takes the best parts of spreadsheets, databases and app builders to make the most of your data. With Grist’s AI Assistant, you can create intuitive no-code solutions in minutes using natural language. Skip standalone spreadsheet AI tools and use a solution that has it built-in. If you’re looking to replace Excel or Google Sheets and like that familiar spreadsheet feel, you can use Grist for free – no trials or credit cards needed.

The power of spreadsheets meets the flexibility of apps

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The tried and tested UI you know and love.

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Relational from the ground up – adding structured data to your spreadsheet.

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Drag-and-drop dashboards with data visualizations like charts and graphs, cards, and other views for your data analysis needs.

AI spreadsheet generator and other AI tools at your fingertips

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Update, modify, and analyze your data through conversation.

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Our AI-powered tool creates advanced formula generation using Python for fully customized workflows, or use standard and natively-supported Excel formulas.

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Build custom apps to match the unique solution you need.

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Open-source transparency and privacy

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You own your data – no lock-in.

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Fully self-hostable, with the option to run completely locally.

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Active community of contributors.

“I love Grist. It’s crazy powerful. I still can’t believe what we’ve been able to achieve in it. It’s the dream that low-code was sold as for years – we can do incredible things in each column with Python and we can build our own widgets to run on those! Wild!”

Elliot Lee
User Researcher

“Grist has become our go-to for more complex, structured data. It sits somewhere between Excel and Access—powerful, relational, and flexible enough for prototyping real data-driven applications.”

Olivier Lambert
CEO at Vates

“The more I use Grist, the more I LOVE it. I have been surveying self-hosted database GUI tools, and I was consistently disappointed with their shortcomings or bugginess. Grist is the first to have tilted the balance the other way.”

Stephen S.
Publications, Personal City Guides

“Grist has given us incredible flexibility to solve data problems and find solutions, whether it is for a small team at the district, or at scale with the entire district staff. We’re really excited about the different ways we can use it going forward.”

Director of Product
EdTech Company

“What I like about Grist the most is its focus. It appears simple, but it’s very powerful in a focused way. Grist has really improved our workflow and communication.”

Chris Scott
Co-founder in Digital Marketing

“If people spend some time learning a new tool they’ll have more power to do their work and research. I said to one of my students, ‘You will be very very happy using Grist because you are miserable using Excel!'”

Eduardo Dalcin, Ph.D.
Biodiversity Informatics Expert

“Most CRMs don’t work the way Grist works. Grist’s layouts are simple and do exactly what we need.”

Jennifer Bledsoe
IT Tech at Law Firm

“I recently discovered Grist after becoming frustrated with the limitations of traditional spreadsheets like Excel and Google Sheets. Grist has been a breath of fresh air, especially with its ability to handle structured data in a way that feels familiar to anyone with experience in relational databases, but with the added flexibility of Python.”

Will Bailey
Small Business Manager

Templates

Ready-to-use templates

Get a running start with many templates to choose from,
to use as is or customize to your needs.

Recurring Tasks

Stay organized with this customizable spreadsheet template for managing recurring and one-time tasks efficiently.

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Lab Inventory Management Template

Manage your lab inventory and track incoming and outgoing items in one place.

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Book Club Template

Organize your bookclub in this simple spreadsheet. Auto-generated links streamline book searches.

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Investment Spreadsheet Template

Uncover trends by exploring investment data across categories and time using vibrant, dynamic charts.

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Class Catalog and Enrollments Template

Manage class enrollment and student data efficiently with our easy-to-use relational spreadsheet.

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Lightweight CRM Template

Manage customer info and interactions in a user-friendly, spreadsheet-style CRM template.

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