Question 1

Is sheetforge hosted? Can I sign up right now?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Hosted SaaS is live — sign in with Google and connect a Sheet in under a minute. Prefer self-hosting? The full stack (Next.js dashboard, Hono API, write-queue worker) is MIT-licensed and runs locally with one pnpm dev.

Question 2

What is sheetforge?

Accepted Answer

sheetforge is a developer-first Google Sheets backend that adds race-condition-safe writes and auto-generated TypeScript/Python SDKs to any spreadsheet. It sits between your app and the Sheets API, serializing writes through a per-sheet queue so you never lose a row.

Question 3

How is sheetforge different from SheetDB, Sheety, or Sheet2API?

Accepted Answer

Every competitor wraps the Sheets API and forwards your writes directly — which means concurrent POSTs collide and rows go missing. sheetforge routes all writes through a serialized queue backed by Redis Streams and a Postgres advisory lock, so 1000 concurrent writes produce exactly 1000 ordered rows.

Question 4

Can I self-host sheetforge?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The entire stack — queue engine, SDK codegen, dashboard, API — is MIT-licensed on GitHub. Run it on any Node.js host with Postgres and Redis (or Upstash REST). Hosted SaaS is live if you prefer the managed option.

Question 5

How does the typed SDK generation work?

Accepted Answer

When you connect a sheet, sheetforge reads your header row and samples the first 50 rows to infer column types. It emits a TypeScript package with strict types (no any) and a Python package with TypedDicts. Run 'sheetforge regen' to regenerate after a schema change.

Question 6

Is my Google Sheets data safe with sheetforge?

Accepted Answer

Your spreadsheet data never leaves Google. On the hosted SaaS, OAuth tokens and tenant metadata live in our managed Postgres, encrypted at rest; write payloads pass through the Redis queue transiently. Prefer to keep everything on your infrastructure? Self-host and nothing touches a third-party server.

Question 7

How much does sheetforge cost?

Accepted Answer

Free to start. The hosted SaaS has a free tier — sign in with Google and start connecting Sheets without a card. Self-hosting stays free forever under the MIT license on the OSS packages.

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