EtherCalc VS CryptPad

ethercalc: supports editing by multiple clients simultaneously. Pretty easy to setup.

Try CryptPad or EtherCalc.

Ethercalc, although a bit dated, works ok on docker https://github.com/audreyt/ethercalc

no, i missed that one when i was searching, but from the homepage and a quick glance through the docs it doesn't seem like it does what i need. what i want is something like react-data-grid [https://github.com/adazzle/react-data-grid] but with a backend component that handles collaborative updates. essentially a stripped down and actively maintained alternative to ethercalc [https://ethercalc.net/]

baserow had a lot of what i wanted, but the top-level feature set seemed very oriented towards a db admin tool rather than a programmatically managed user interface to single tables or views.

ethercalc: abandoned, heavyweight, focused on being a spreadsheet

Well, to be fair Libre Office online exists[0]. However, I believe EtherCalc[1] is faster.

[0] https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-online/

[1] https://ethercalc.net/

EtherCalc [FOSS alternative to link based spreadsheet collaboration]

You can use EtherCalc, which is free software.

OSS sometimes has advantages and other times is bad. For example I don't know a good OSS photo editing software. GIMP is clunky. Inkscape isn't too bad. But on the other hand there are tools like CryptPad that are open sourced and more secure alternatives to popular software (in this case Google Suite or Office 365). Or things like Signal. There's a slow turn towards privacy and "best of both worlds" but it is slow and we need more momentum.

i use cryptpad.fr

Have a look at https://cryptpad.fr/

https://cryptpad.fr has sheets support via OnlyOffice and is fully encrypted

https://cryptpad.fr/ should have everything you needed. Open source and end to end encrypted.

Oh, sorry about that. I'm mobile right now so I can't fix it. I was trying to import it to https://cryptpad.fr/ but I wasn't having much luck.

Lately I have been making use of a CryptPad instance for some google docs/sheets replacement. Their developers suggest using it as a mobile app with no plan to create anything further.

What you're looking for is Cryptpad. It uses OnlyOffice and everything is encrypted in the browser. There is a free plan and affordable paid plans, or you can host it yourself. It's open source.

I don't think they have a time tracker, but https://cryptpad.fr/ has a whole suite of web-based end-to-end encrypted apps that you may find useful. There's also https://www.etesync.com/get-apps/ which is more oriented toward contacts, calendars, and tasks, but again i don't think there's a time-tracking app.