Grist | The Evolution of Spreadsheets

[djxx]

@umnz - I'm new here, but one thing that helps is someone wanting it enough to follow the guide to package it up, confirm it works, and notify the dev team. https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/tutorial/ .

But, as someone who has packaged up an app that is waiting for attention I'd be a bit (selfishly) upset to see yet another "no code database" package on Cloudron before mine was selected.

[marylou]

@umnz said in Grist | The Evolution of Spreadsheets:

Out of curiosity what constitutes an app being selected or not? 27 upvotes (at time of writing), a lot of engagement and views, clearly a very good fit for the Cloudron platform (which already has Baserow, Nocodb, Directus etc).. When a platform already has Docker support does that make it more or less difficult to get it onto Cloudron? I would assume it is easier?

@girish @nebulon
Maybe you'd like to comment? What are the chances we'll see Grist on Cloudron soonish?

[overholt]

@timconsidine Grist is miles above Noco and Baserow. I'd love to see it on Cloudron.

[firmansi]

Eventhough Grist access is quite slow from South East Asia region, not as fast as Noco

[avatar1024]

@firmansi And I guess that would get solved if you ran your instance on a more local server...one more reason for Grist on Cloudron

[yusf]

Would love to have Grist on Cloudron, thank's for trying @walski

[sclemens]

I'm using Grist and would love to see it in Cloudron as well.

[marylou]

@nebulon
Are there any plans to make Grist availalble?

[timconsidine]

Anyone want Grist ?

Grist-core now packaged as a custom app.

I will add it to CCAI if requested
(don't take this the wrong way but needs a request - sometimes there is initial appetite for an app and it dissipates over time and this is quite an old Wishlist item)

[shrey]

Hi @timconsidine, i would certainly like to try out your Grist package.

After initially not finding Grist on Cloudron, i ended up deploying it on another VPS, using a Portainer/docker-compose based setup.

Would be great if the complete Grist package can be managed within Cloudron itself!

[timconsidine]

@shrey ok will post it here

“Complete package” ?
As I understand it, the open source web version is called grist-core. Don’t know why “core”.
It’s probably the same as your docker-compose version.
Maybe the SaaS hosted or thick clients have extra.

Disclaimer : I suffer from PSSD (post spreadsheet stress disorder) so not an expert on Grist and not used it heavily. But saw there was a demand for it -and it looks cool.

[timconsidine]

@shrey

Grist for Cloudron now shared.

Git repo : https://git.cloudron.io/timconsidine/cloudron-gristcore
Built docker image : tcmbp132021/cloudron-gristcore:v1.1.0
Available on hosted CCAI or use your own private CCAI-P (remember to pull the latest master catalogue

[Camille]

@timconsidine : Thanks very much for this, I'll test asap

[timconsidine]

@Camille no rush

Let me know any issues.
Not sure I will use much myself so might not encounter them.

I packaged because there seemed to be demand by others. Hope it helps.

[jdaviescoates]

@timconsidine I think part of the interest is that I think it integrates with Outline

[timconsidine]

OMG an integration
Ok will investigate

[girish]

@timconsidine I tested this package (2-3 days ago) and it installs and runs well! When I create a new spreadsheet , clicking on a cell throws some error . Do you see the same?

[girish]

It has something to do with grist sandboxing. GRIST_SANDBOX_FLAVOR can apparently be pyodide or gvisor. Not sure which one we have to use, but the Dockerfile has some python install, so we are going for pyodide is it?

https://support.getgrist.com/self-managed/#how-do-i-sandbox-documents

[timconsidine]

@girish I will check it out
Thanks for taking a look at it

Just trying to get AppFlowy and ZeroNet out the door.
Will then re-check Grist package

Pretty sure it is pyodide from memory

[girish]

Looks like pyodide wants deno (?) There is some confusing error.

In the meantime, I am trying to make some sense of gVisor . If we want this, it will require support from the platform via some extension to the manifest.