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