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Alternative to Google sheets + forms

Hello everyone.

Currently me and my GF have our finances organized in a Google sheet file (hosted on Google drive), being that file integrated with a Google form.

What we do is having on our cellphones a shortcut to the form, where we input all our expenses, they are directly and automatically registered in the sheet, and on another tab we've built some sort of dashboard based on all the values the form registers.

So given this context, is there any option or group of options that are open source, and that achieve this same purpose / scenario?

If possible everything acessible on a cloud or at least onlinez so we don't lose this flexibility and accessibility on our cellphones.

Thanks in advance

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in reply to Erunn

conciselyverbose
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What kind of legwork are you willing to do? Do you have access to an old computer capable of being used as a server?

I have not used this and can't vouch for it, but some digging led me to ethercalc. On the surface it looks looks legitimate enough to explore further. As I always would when installing anything or using an online service with sensitive data in play, I highly encourage doing your own research to be sure that you feel comfortable that it's legitimate and safe, but I didn't notice any glaring red flags.


Get going with EtherCalc, a web-based alternative to Google Sheets

Spreadsheets can be very useful—and not just for managing your finances.
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in reply to Erunn

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eshep
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You could use ONLYOFFICE with #Nextcloud. You could host it yourself if you wanted, or use one that's already setup, like #Murena.
#NextCloud #Murena

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in reply to Erunn

pH3ra
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Someone already mentioned ONLYOFFICE, another nice Nextcloud compatible office suite is Collabora Online. In my experience it has the best support with open document formats (.odt, .ods, etc.) since there's LibreOffice at its base.
They also have a (not top notch but still working) open source client for iOS and Android. For the latter they even created a specific F-Droid repo.

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