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Summary: I worked through the README for grist-core, and the instructions for setting it up and starting it. This change includes a small simplification, and a few more instructions for getting started. Test Plan: manual Reviewers: dsagal Reviewed By: dsagal Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D2619
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# Grist
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Grist is a modern relational spreadsheet. It combine the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the
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robustness of a database to organize your data and make you more productive.
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> :warning: This repository is in a pre-release state. Its release will be announced when it has
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all the planned components, and a solid independent build and test set-up. Currently, stand-alone
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server functionality is present. Release of our web client is planned, along with an extensive
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test suite.
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This repository, [grist-core](https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core), is maintained by Grist
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Labs. Our flagship product, available at https://www.getgrist.com, is built from the code you see
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here, combined with business-specific software designed to scale it to many users, handle billing,
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etc.
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## Why Open Source?
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By opening its source code and offering an [OSI](https://opensource.org/)-approved free license,
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Grist benefits its users:
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- **Open Source Community.** An active community is the main draw of open-source projects. Anyone
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can examine source code, and contribute bug fixes or even new features. This is a big deal for a
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general-purpose spreadsheet-like product, where there is a long tail of features vital to
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someone somewhere.
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- **Increased Trust.** Because anyone can examine the source code, “security by obscurity” is not
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an option. Vulnerabilities in the code can be found by others and reported before they can cause
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damage.
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- **Independence.** The published source code—and the product built from it—are available to you
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regardless of the fortunes of the Grist Labs business. Whatever happens to us, this repo or its
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forks can live on, so that you can continue to work on your data in Grist.
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- **Price Flexibility.** You can build Grist from source and use it for yourself all you want
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without paying us a cent. While you can’t go wrong with our fully set-up and supported online
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service, some organizations may choose the do-it-yourself route and pay for their own server and
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maintenance, rather than a per-user price. DIY users are often the ones to develop new features,
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and can contribute them back to benefit all users of Grist.
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- **Extensibility.** For developers, having the source open makes it easier to build extensions (such as the
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experimental [Custom Widget](https://support.getgrist.com/widget-custom/)). You can more easily
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include Grist in your pipeline. And if a feature is missing, you can just take the source code and
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build on top of it!
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## How do I start?
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For building from source, you can start with this:
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npm install
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npm run build:prod
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npm run install:python
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npm start
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# unauthenticated grist api available at http://localhost:8484/api/
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Then you can use the Grist API locally to work on a document. Currently you need
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to "upload" a document to work with it. This makes a copy of it that the server
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controls - you can find it in the `data` directory:
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curl -F 'upload=@YourDocument.grist' http://localhost:8484/api/docs
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# Note the document ID that is returned.
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The [Data-Tables endpoints](https://support.getgrist.com/api/#tag/Data-Tables) are
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particularly useful.
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For using hosted Grist, just head on over to <https://www.getgrist.com>.
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# License
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This repository, `grist-core`, is released under the [Apache License, Version
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2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0), which is an
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[OSI](https://opensource.org/)-approved free software license. See LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt for
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more information.
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