See @getgrist.com - it has hosted SaaS but is open source and self hostable, and the French government and other EU countries have adopted it. It also has an inspiring set of principles www.getgrist.com/about/

In case you missed our newsletter on Friday: GristCon 2026 is happening this October. Read about that and lots more: support.getgrist.com/newsletters/...

Tomorrow at 10am ET! Olga Tatarinova from Epoch8 joins Anais to walk through the metadata layer they built in Grist that lets AI agents write accurate SQL against client databases. Sign up: www.getgrist.com/grist-epoch8...

Why is Microsoft Access still alive in 2026, running inside hospitals and banks? Because it let one person build a database without a dev team. That need never went away. New post ⬇️ www.getgrist.com/blog/why-mic... #OpenSource #VBA #Grist

Why Microsoft Access survived, and what replaces it | Grist

Microsoft Access survived in regulated orgs because a single person could build a working database without a dev team. What replaces it?

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AI agents can read a database schema, but they don't know what it means, e.g. a status of 3 means "shipped." So they guess, write wrong SQL, and lose your trust. Epoch8 fixed it with a metadata layer in Grist. Co-founder Olga shows how, live July 24, 10am ET. www.getgrist.com/grist-epoch8...

Tomorrow! Join Grist Labs co-founder Stan for a demo of Grist's new MCP server. We'll start small and then show off a complex workflow that leverages multiple integrations, so there's something for everyone. Register: www.getgrist.com/webinars/mcp...

When that logic lives inside a proprietary system, you don’t truly own it. You are a tenant. If the landlord raises the rent, changes the locks, or decides to stop maintaining the building, you are stuck. My article on @getgrist.bsky.social blog

The sovereignty gap | Grist

What is sovereignty and why is it so important to the future of software? Grist Labs’ CRO and open source veteran explains.

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This is today! Join us in just over an hour.

Grist@getgrist.com · 2mo ago

Special webinar on Thursday! Join us and Dotphoton co-founder Bruno Sanguinetti to see how they built a traceable QA system for the European Space Agency. Thursday @ 10:30AM ET/4:30PM CET Sign up here: www.getgrist.com/grist-dotpho...

Special webinar on Thursday! Join us and Dotphoton co-founder Bruno Sanguinetti to see how they built a traceable QA system for the European Space Agency. Thursday @ 10:30AM ET/4:30PM CET Sign up here: www.getgrist.com/grist-dotpho...

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Grist mentioned! Expecting to see these stories more and more in US media – open source *is* key.

Matt Burgess (WIRED)@mattburgess1.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: As Trump continues to threaten Europe and Nato allies, no country has arguably done more to get off of US technology than France. The gov is building a full Office/Docs alternative. Lyon has moved 70% of staff away from Office. And open source is key. Story by me and @telliotter.bsky.social

Tomorrow: vibe with us. Join Natalie in as she builds dynamic visualizations and interactive custom widgets with the help of AI. Sign up in reply.

Very happy to share the start of Grist's accessibility docs, contributed by Emmanuel Pelletier. There's also a guide on creating accessible Grist documents, with valuable information on accessible design in general. Check it out: support.getgrist.com/accessibility/

In case you missed it: our April newsletter. Evolution and experimentation! 🦠🔬 support.getgrist.com/newsletters/...

If GitHub isn't down, you can see that we've reached a new milestone: a round number. We just hope nobody else stars the repo or else this milestone will disappear... 🫣

In recent years, @getgrist.bsky.social has been gaining traction among users, whether they’re open source enthusiasts or not, competing with large incumbents on quality. I joined the company https://www.maffulli.net/2026/04/28/joining-grist-labs/

Why I’m joining Grist Labs to lead revenue generation & the open source business strategy

For years, I’ve navigated the friction between Open Source principles and sustainable growth. That tension has reached a breaking point. While Open Source is the backbone of global infrastructure, users are increasingly trapped in proprietary silos and vendors struggle to make ends meet. The market is demanding digital sovereignty. These are hard problems to solve. That is why I have joined Grist Labs as Chief Revenue Officer.

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In case you missed it, the recording and notes for last week's Automations webinar is now live: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/automations-the-beginning/

Join us on Thursday for an introduction to Grist automations. We'll walk through setting up row-level email notifications that fire automatically when your data changes, and hint at other workflows you can automate. Register in reply.👇

Today is a special day, known around the software industry as April Tools Day. On April Tools Day, disruptors and innovators share their most disruptively innovative tools to boost global productivity. At Grist, Jarek created a new widget that gamifies spreadsheet collaboration: Whack-a-Cell. 🧵

I wanted "PowerPoint, but in Grist." The community had already built it. Grist is different from most open source projects b/c you don't have to touch the source code to contribute meaningfully. Custom widgets let you build any interface on top of Grist's data — without touching Grist itself.

Tomorrow! Join us as we go over several different Grist + n8n automations: starting with the basics and then dipping into AI workflows and scheduling.

“You’re hiring? How! AI is changing everything.” We’re hiring, so I’ve gotten a few questions about how I’m thinking about structuring a team in the context of AI. I have two main thoughts 🧵👇

The recording for our webinar on our new Airtable base importer feature is now available: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/migrate-airtable-to-grist-webinar/ Three detailed examples of why Airtable to Grist makes sense.

Work at Grist Labs!

Anais Concepcion@anaisconce.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We're hiring to beef up our GTM team! 💪 We're looking for a Head of Marketing and a Founding Account Executive. If you or anyone you know could be a fit, send me a message. 💐 Summary details in thread. 🧵👇 Full job descriptions here: www.getgrist.com/work-with-us/

You can now import bases directly from Airtable and keep your data's relationships. See it in action, and all the other cool stuff we're working on (vibe view!) in our February newsletter: https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2026-02/

Tomorrow! Learn how to migrate from Airtable to Grist – and get a sneak peek at our new tool. Rebasing your debased bases into Grist databases is now basic... basically.

Looking for a cool crowdsourced dataset to test a new feature we recently shipped: suggestions. It's a way to propose changes to a spreadsheet without overwriting the original – something which has existed in document editors for years, but never made it to spreadsheets. More in 🧵👇

The reviews are in, Natalie's Grist 101 video might just be the best place to start with Grist. If you've been curious about Grist but aren't sure what the fuss is about, take a look: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7BnmstKnAQ

The recording for Dmitry's webinar on advanced formulas with ordered lookups is now online: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/advanced-formulas-with-ordered-lookups/ Time to get rolling (totals)!

ICYMI, our January newsletter with an answer to "why don't people use Google Docs suggesting mode or MS Word's track changes with spreadsheets?" + a lot more! https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2026-01/