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24 alternatives to drive-db: A Google spreadsheet database

:bar_chart: Use Google Drive spreadsheets as a simple database - franciscop/drive-db

Drive-db is a tool that enables developers to use Google Drive spreadsheets as a simple database. It allows users to store and manage data in spreadsheet format while accessing it programmatically, eliminating the need… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. drive-db: A Google spreadsheet database launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Sheetsu▲537

   Turn Google Spreadsheet into API

   2015 · sheetdb.io · its alternatives →

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   SpreadsheetDB – A database that you can query with spreadsheets▲144

   2017 · spreadsheetdb.io · its alternatives →

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   Fieldbook▲592

   Create a database, as easily as a spreadsheet

   2015 · fieldbook.com · its alternatives →

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   Talk to Google Spreadsheets with JavaScript▲13

   A wrapper to talk with google spreadsheets like an db. - RamonGebben/data-drive

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Grist▲290

   Evolution of spreadsheets to organize your data, your way

   2021 · getgrist.com · its alternatives →

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   Stein – Use Google Sheets as a No-Setup Database▲296

   Use Google Sheets as your no-setup data store. Build fast and get a familiar interface for managing the data, with the open source Stein. What

   2019 · steinhq.com · its alternatives →

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   Using Google Sheets as the back end/APIs of your app▲356

   Hello everyone! At a company I worked for, we needed to develop an MVP (basically a web page) and apply certain business logic to a Google Drive spreadsheet that was frequently updated by the Sales team. In this case, we had two options: Develop a backend to replace the current spreadsheet and have the sales team use it as a new "backoffice" - This would take a very long time, and if the hypothesis we were testing was wrong, it would be time wasted. Create the web page and use Google's SDK to extract data from the spreadsheet. We chose to go with the second option because it was quicker.…

   2024 · zerosheets.com · its alternatives →

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   Stein▲400

   Use Google Sheets as your no-setup database

   2019 · steinhq.com · its alternatives →

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   Use Google Spreadsheet as a Database▲34

   Sheetsu Web Client. Contribute to sheetdb/sheetsu-web-client development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    FSQL – Search through your file system with SQL-esque queries▲341

    Search for files using a fun query language. Contribute to kashav/fsql development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Google Drive as a file system▲374

    a FUSE file system based on Google Drive. Contribute to harababurel/gcsf development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tabledo▲285

    Create dynamic websites using data from your spreadsheets

    2017 · tabledo.com · its alternatives →

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    Google Drive to SQLite▲305

    Here's the repo: https://github.com/simonw/google-drive-to-sqlite The README is using a trick I'm increasingly leaning on: parts of that document - the --help output and the example database schema - are automatically generated using Cog: https://nedbatchelder.com/code/cog and https://til.simonwillison.net/python/cog-to-update-help-in-r...

    2022 · simonwillison.net · its alternatives →

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    Spreadsheet Dashboards from Geckoboard▲183

    The smart way to share data from Excel or GSheets - now free

    2020 · geckoboard.com · its alternatives →

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    SpreadSimple▲366

    A blazing-fast way to create and manage sites using Sheets

    2020 · spreadsimple.com · its alternatives →

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    X-spreadsheet – A JavaScript canvas spreadsheet for web▲347

    The project has been migrated to @wolf-table/table https://github.com/wolf-table/table - myliang/x-spreadsheet

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    We built the fastest spreadsheet▲274

    Row Zero is the best spreadsheet for big data. Build secure spreadsheets connected to your data warehouse with a bigger, faster Excel alternative in the cloud.

    2024 · rowzero.io · its alternatives →

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    Rows▲511

    Import business data and analyze it using plain language.

    2021 · rows.com · its alternatives →

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    SpreadsheetDB▲129

    A database that you can query with a spreadsheet!

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Explore by Charts.com▲217

    Free chart maker & visual exploration for spreadsheet data

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    OctoSQL – Query and join multiple databases and files, written in Go▲310

    OctoSQL is a query tool that allows you to join, analyse and transform data from multiple databases and file formats using SQL. - cube2222/octosql

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fieldbook: Lightweight Database with a Spreadsheet UI and a REST API▲335

    2015 · fieldbook.com · its alternatives →

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    DashGPT▲287

    I guys, I built this spreadsheet to dashboard tool. You can attach any csv and optionally a prompt for what insights you want it to include, and it reasons over the data and produces a dashboard of different charts. Let me know what y'all think! Demo Video/more here: https://www.producthunt.com/products/spreadsite/launches/das...

    2024 · dashgpt.ai · its alternatives →

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    TablePlus for Windows▲149

    A native GUI tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server & more

    2018 · tableplus.com · its alternatives →

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