Rowy

Rowy is an open source platform that transforms Google Firebase Firestore into a visual, spreadsheet-style interface for managing data, running cloud functions, and building automations. By eliminating the need to use the Firebase console or write custom admin interfaces for Firestore data management, Rowy makes Firebase more accessible to product managers, data analysts, and developers who want to manage backend data without deep Firebase expertise.

The spreadsheet interface is the core of the Rowy experience. Firestore collections are displayed as spreadsheet tables where each row is a document and each column is a field. Users can create, read, update, and delete Firestore documents through familiar spreadsheet interactions including inline editing, copy-paste, sorting, filtering, and bulk operations. The visual feedback of seeing all data in a table format provides a much better overview of Firestore data than the tree-based Firebase console.

Field types in Rowy go beyond simple text and number fields to cover Firestore's full range of data types including arrays, maps, geopoints, references, and timestamps. Rich field types for images, files, dates, user selects, multi-selects, ratings, colors, and URLs provide appropriate editing controls for each data type. Custom field types can be created for domain-specific data representations.

Cloud Functions in Rowy can be written and deployed directly from the Rowy interface, without leaving the browser or setting up a local development environment. These inline cloud functions can trigger on document creation, update, or deletion, enabling server-side data processing, validation, and integration with external services. The inline editor provides a code environment with access to the Firestore SDK and the current document data.

Automations in Rowy allow creating scheduled or event-driven workflows that run cloud functions, call external APIs, send notifications, or update Firestore data. These automations complement the inline functions for more complex, multi-step data processing scenarios.

The Extensions marketplace provides pre-built integrations and field types contributed by the community, covering common use cases like Algolia search indexing, Clearbit data enrichment, SendGrid email sending, and Twilio SMS.

Rowy is self-hostable on any platform that supports Next.js, and Rowy Cloud provides a managed hosting option.