Does Grid by Zaweba work on Mac or Linux?
Yes. Grid by Zaweba also runs on macOS and Linux, sharing its formula engine with Windows, with Cmd shortcuts, a Mac menu bar and system printing.
It does. Grid by Zaweba runs on macOS and Linux as well as Windows. The Mac and Linux version shares the same calculation engine and window logic, so formulas give the same answers on every system, and it adds what each platform expects: Cmd shortcuts and a native menu bar on the Mac, and printing through the system's own CUPS printing service.
The same spreadsheet underneath
The part of a spreadsheet that matters most is the engine: the code that reads files, works out formulas and writes them back. That's shared. The 496 worksheet functions, dynamic arrays, LET and LAMBDA, tables, and the .zagr and .xlsx formats all come from the same code on Windows, Mac and Linux.
So a workbook made on a Windows PC at work opens on a Mac at home with the same results, and a sheet built on a Linux laptop can go to a Windows user without surprises. Grid's .zagr file is an .xlsx inside, which also means other spreadsheet programs on any system can open it.
What's different on a Mac
Shortcuts use the Cmd key where Windows uses Ctrl, so Cmd+C copies and Cmd+Z undoes, as Mac users expect. The menus sit in the native Mac menu bar at the top of the screen. Printing goes through the Mac's own printing system.
If you connect an AI account, its key is kept in the Mac's Keychain rather than the Windows store.
What's different on Linux
On Linux, Grid uses the desktop's secret service to store AI keys, and printing goes through CUPS, the printing system most Linux desktops use. Otherwise the window, ribbon and grid work the same way as on the other systems.
Getting started
Open a workbook and you'll find the familiar layout: name box and formula bar under the ribbon, the grid below, sheet tabs and the status bar at the bottom. Typing a formula lights up its references in colour, autocomplete offers functions and names, and Insert Function lists every function by family.
Files from other programs open as they do on Windows. The .xlsx and .zagr files carry formulas, styles, tables, conditional formats, validation, notes, charts and pictures. OpenDocument .ods files, used by LibreOffice, open and save. CSV and TSV files are read with their encoding and delimiter detected.
Who it suits
Households with a mix of computers, where one person has a Mac and another a Windows laptop. Students who use Linux at university and Windows at home. Small businesses that want the same spreadsheet on every desk without a subscription. Anyone who wants .xlsx files on a Mac or Linux PC without a cloud account.
Limits to know
The Mac and Linux version follows the Windows one, so what isn't built on Windows isn't built there either: macros and VBA, Power Query, sparklines, slicers and a few other tools are on that list. If a workbook relies on macros, they won't run on any system.
For everyday sheets, budgets, markbooks, stock lists and price lists, Grid by Zaweba now goes wherever you work, with the same formulas, the same files and your figures kept on your own machine.
