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[[Blaine]] told me he built [Slocan Helps](https://www.slocanhelps.org/) as a front end on top of [[Grist]] after my recommendation and it worked out well.

     

       
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> The most flexible and powerful compute platform on any public cloud. Fly Machines are hardware-virtualized containers, running on our own hardware, that launch instantly and run exactly as long as you want them to — for a single HTTP request, or for weeks of uptime.

     

       
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> Apps running on Fly Machines are KVM hardware-isolated, built on a memory-safe stack and running directly on our metal.
     

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Open source, Apache licensed cloud spreadsheet. Not quite an Airtable clone, but similar capabilities. Some of the layout and linking makes it feel like Filemaker.

     
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8. Data is **portable**, allowing lossless export in a well-supported format, and common export/import options.

     

       
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## Grist Labs

     

       
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From Github README:

     

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Open source, Apache licensed cloud spreadsheet. Not quite an Airtable clone, but similar capabilities. Some of the layout and linking makes it feel like Filemaker.

     
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## Python and Excel Formulas

     

       
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> Grist formulas support most Excel functions, as well as the Python programming language.

     

       
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> The table below lists Grist-specific functions, and the suite of the included Excel-like functions. In addition, the entire [Python standard library](https://docs.python.org/3/library/) is available. For more about using formulas in Grist, see [Intro to Formulas](https://support.getgrist.com/formulas/).

     

       
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> [Grist uses Python (version 3.11)](https://support.getgrist.com/python/) for formulas. You can use nearly all features of Python (see [Python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3.11/)).

     

       
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Also a new [AI Formula assistant](https://support.getgrist.com/ai-assistant/).

     

       
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From Github README: