Grist for the mill#
Welcome to our monthly newsletter of updates and tips for Grist users. The phrase “Grist for the mill” means “useful experience, material, or knowledge”, perfectly reflecting its purpose.
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December 2025 • 2025 year in review, community widgets showcase, and a Help Center redesign.
November 2025 • 10k GitHub stars, Advent of Code 2025, and cartesian products.
October 2025 • Try our experimental suggestions feature and learn about Grist’s accessibility.
September 2025 • Scenario simulation, firewood ordering, and GristCon recordings.
August 2025 • Comments are here! Email notifications are here! More GristCon sessions!
July 2025 • GristCon sessions announced, duplicating widgets and Assistant upgrades.
June 2025 • GristCon announcement, AI Assistant updates, and community widgets.
May 2025 • So many custom widgets! Also introducing the Grist Partner program.
April 2025 • The new AI Assistant is here! Also some very cool community widgets.
March 2025 • Focus mode, Enterprise admin controls, and more spreadsheet makeovers.
February 2025 • External attachments, spreadsheet makeovers, and new community widgets.
January 2025 • Dedicated servers, document list refresh, and Grist on a national scale.
December 2024 • 2024 year in review, Grist on Azure, and custom widgets galore.
November 2024 • Grist in 20+ languages, AWS self-hosting, audit logs and more!
October 2024 • Grist Paris Summit, custom widgets made easy, and community highlights.
September 2024 • Two-way references, Grist Desktop release, cool community creations.
August 2024 • Markdown in the cell, custom widget cards, and webhook documentation.
July 2024 • Cumulative functions, new kinds of lookups, improved variable syncing and a new users webinar!
June 2024 • Research templates, running rootless, and community contributions!
May 2024 • New Grist Business plan, a formula timer utility, draggable conditionals and Admin Panel improvements!
April 2024 • Filtering reference and choice dropdown lists, an Admin Panel for self-hosters.
March 2024 • Improvements to forms, new file formats, and a boot page for self-hosters.
February 2024 • Community spotlight new widgets, fun experiments, and in-depth explorations.
January 2024 • Grist Forms are here! Getting data into Grist just got easier.
December 2023 • Grist 2023 year in review, forms user testing and community showcase.
November 2023 • Open referenced records with a click, hang out with us on Discord, and add column types more easily.
October 2023 • New formula shortcuts, two experimental widgets, colorful calendar events and much more!
September 2023 • Calendar widget, two new templates, and API endpoint for making SQL queries.
August 2023 • Grist CSV Viewer! Llama AI support!
July 2023 • AI Formula Assistant launched!
June 2023 • Selector row highlighting, new templates, and community contributions.
May 2023 • Column and widget description, webhooks, and a vote for the best flashcards.
April 2023 • Flashcards contest, a way to prank friends with Grist, and a new experiment in publishing spreadsheet data.
March 2023 • Minimizing widgets, in-product tutorials, and a flashcards custom widget!
February 2023 • Grist in more languages, and a sneak peek into dev passion projects.
January 2023 • Grist en Français, Español, Português, and Deutsch! Plus expanding widgets and access rules improvements.
December 2022 • New date filter with calendar, and snapshots in grist-core.
November 2022 • Grist experiment with AI formula writing, and improved sort and filter.
October 2022 • Quick sums, duplicate tables, and new API methods.
September 2022 • Dark Mode 🕶 + improved user management.
August 2022 • Free team sites, conditional row styles, and better formula help.
July 2022 • Formula cheat sheet and summary tables in raw data.
June 2022 •
Filtering by range, and new PEEK() function.
May 2022 • Raw data tables, and new summary table linking.
April 2022 • Rich text editor, and more cell styles.
March 2022 • Conditional formatting, new API method, and the new Sprouts Program.
February 2022 • Custom widgets menu, 2FA, access rules improvements, and cell context menu.
January 2022 • Managing template document tours, and 4 new templates, including an inventory manager.
December 2021 • Zapier instant triggers, and four new templates.
November 2021 • Import column mapping, filter on hidden columns, and more sorting options.
October 2021 • Editing choices, inline links, and enhanced import previews.
September 2021 • Improved imports, global currencies, and more ways to integrate.
August 2021 • Reference Lists, Embedding, Templates, Pabbly, and more.
July 2021 • Colors, Time and Authorship Stamps, and Google Sheets Integration.
June 2021 • Introducing Freeze Columns and a timesheet-tracking template.
May 2021 • Choice Lists, 3-step Tutorial on Reference Columns.
April 2021 • A 4-Step Guide to Link Keys.
March 2021 • Access Rules.
February 2021 • Improved Mobile Support, Totals.
January 2021 • Task Management, Find a Consultant, Be a Consultant.
December 2020 • Maps, Access Control, Compare Previous.
November 2020 • Open Source, Improved Attachments, Compare Versions.
October 2020 • Printing Support, Mailing Labels, Open Source Beta.
September 2020 • Public Access, Payroll Tracking.
August 2020 • Invoices, Custom Widgets, Document Lists.
July 2020 • Number Format Options, Prepare Emails with Formulas.
June 2020 • Work on Complex Changes, Automatic Backups.
May 2020 • Copy as Template, Better URLs, NY Tech Meetup.