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What’s new at Flexlists

November 4, 2026 · 2 min read

Every Excel sheet into the list you want — and one design for everyone

Import an Excel file with several sheets and send each column to an existing field, even when a sheet has no header row. The new design is now the default for everybody, and lists in other apps' chats show just the data.

November 3, 2026 · 2 min read

Dave picks the right field types — and thirteen new ones

Ask Dave for a list and each field gets the type it needs: email, phone, money, stars, yes/no, a status to choose from. Plus thirteen new field types, from Rating and Duration to Barcode and Button.

November 2, 2026 · 3 min read

Dave is your front door: drop files or ask anything

Flexlists now starts with a conversation. Drop a spreadsheet or ask for what you need, and Dave builds it with you — it reuses what you already have, asks "Shall I build it?", shows you every step, and puts the finished site right in the chat.

October 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Sticky notes: a wall of ideas where every note is a row

The new Sticky notes view turns any list into a wall of notes: drag them around, write on them in place, colour them, and switch between a free board, a grid and a list — while every note stays a row you can filter, sort and automate.

October 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Storyboard: plan in lanes and steps

The new Storyboard view is Kanban in two dimensions: lanes for plotlines, people or channels, columns for chapters, days or weeks. Drag cards between cells, start from a template, and see the whole plan at once.

October 25, 2026 · 1 min read

16 new applications, one ERP solution

Try CRM, HRM, CMS, POS, e-commerce, inventory, accounting and nine more applications together in the new ERP solution.

October 24, 2026 · 1 min read

Try the new Flexlists design

The new Flexlists design is ready to try. Find the switch in your account menu, see what changed, and switch back whenever you like.

October 22, 2026 · 2 min read

Import Excel and Google Sheets with formulas that keep working

Import a spreadsheet and its formulas come along and keep working: checked against your sheet, with running totals, sideways models turned into rows, and lookups between tabs as linked lists.

October 22, 2026 · 4 min read

Build a complete CRM in Flexlists in five minutes

From a blank page to a working sales pipeline: companies, linked contacts, a pipeline board, follow-ups on a calendar, hot deals, a chart and Dave. Watch the full video and follow along step by step.

October 19, 2026 · 4 min read

Formulas that do more: 108 functions, real dates and lists, and AI that writes them

Formula fields now speak Airtable's language with 108 functions, give real dates, checkboxes and lists that drive calendars and filters, read linked lists, and if you'd rather not write one, you describe it and Flexlists writes, explains and fixes it.

October 19, 2026 · 6 min read

Link your lists: two-way links, rollups, counts and lookups

Lists can now link to each other from both sides, add up and count through those links with Rollup, Count and Lookup fields you can sort, filter and total, and bring in a whole Airtable or Baserow base with its links in place.

October 19, 2026 · 5 min read

Connect your AI assistant to Flexlists

Flexlists now has an MCP server: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or n8n and your AI assistant can read and update your lists in plain words, with exactly the rights you give it, every call logged.

October 19, 2026 · 7 min read

Who can do what in your applications: roles, users, maintainers and solutions

Built-in and custom roles with per-list rights and page access, invites that bring people back to the app after sign-in, maintainers who help you build, solutions that share one set of roles over several apps, and Dave who can invite people and explain who can see what.

October 19, 2026 · 2 min read

What's new in Flexlists: formulas, linked lists, AI agents and app roles

A round-up of the week: formulas with AI, two-way links with rollups, connecting your AI assistant, roles for applications, and smaller improvements from mind map layouts to exports.

October 17, 2026 · 4 min read

Build your apps your way: Dave, a visual editor and blocks

Every part of an application is now yours to change: Dave in every Change-it box, + Page with a live preview, a visual editor that also works on AI pages, a block page builder, and automations with Flow Studio and Dave side by side.

October 16, 2026 · 3 min read

Flexlists is 20 years old

In April 2006 the first Flexlists asked: “Do you keep lists in a spreadsheet?” Twenty years later we still ask the same question. A look back at where it started — with the original screenshots.

October 15, 2026 · 4 min read

Design your own forms: drag, drop and style

Next to the AI form builder there is now a drag-and-drop designer: use fields from your lists and connected lists, add your own pictures, videos and text, and pick colours and fonts — what you see is what your visitors get.

October 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Live widgets: put your lists and views on any website

One line of code puts a live, searchable copy of your view on your website — as a board, gallery, calendar or table. Visitors can even add and change rows, with login or password protection.

October 12, 2026 · 2 min read

API access: keys and documentation made for each app

Give an app or AI agent a key for exactly the lists, permissions and endpoints it needs — with documentation, OpenAPI and llm.md written for that key, with code in seven languages.

October 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Change values right in the list — and see when there is something new

Flip switches, type and pick values without opening a row, and a small red dot tells you when others added rows.

October 12, 2026 · 3 min read

Import spreadsheets with a preview — and let AI tidy them up

CSV and Excel imports now show a preview first: the real header row is found, title rows are skipped, the separator is detected, and an AI button suggests fixes.

October 12, 2026 · 2 min read

What's new in Flexlists: widgets, API access, editing in the list and smarter imports

Live widgets for your website, API keys with their own documentation, editing right in the list, a new-rows dot and spreadsheet imports with a preview and AI fixes.

October 11, 2026 · 7 min read

Undo, version history, checklists, folders and a new way to create

Ctrl+Z in every list, versions you can preview and restore, a Checklist view for inspections and routines, folders that travel with sharing, a Create hub with a wizard for every view, and an assistant that builds views for you.

October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Complete templates to learn from: meet Animal Charity Rescue

One click gives you a whole working system: lists, a public website, a management portal, forms and automations. The first complete template, featured today, runs an animal rescue.

October 7, 2026 · 3 min read

Connect Flexlists to n8n — plus a public API and webhooks

An official n8n node, a REST API and signed, reliable webhooks: start workflows when rows change, and read and write your lists from any tool.

October 6, 2026 · 2 min read

The AI revolution comes to Flexlists

Flexlists now has an assistant that doesn’t just answer questions — it builds lists, views, forms, apps and automations for you. Here’s what changed, and where it is going.

October 5, 2026 · 1 min read

The new Flexlists is live

Last night we moved every list, view and file to the new Flexlists. Same address, same login — a lot more to do.

October 5, 2026 · 1 min read

Mind map, Timeline, Chart and Spreadsheet views

Four views leave “coming soon”: a mind map you can rearrange by dragging, a timeline, live charts and a real spreadsheet.

September 29, 2026 · 1 min read

A new Share panel, formulas and pasted images

Sharing got a rebuild, lists can calculate, and you can paste screenshots straight into a row.

September 22, 2026 · 1 min read

Meet Dave — and drop your files on the homepage

An AI assistant that builds lists, forms, apps and automations, a homepage you can drop files on, and much faster lists.