Excel → Web App
Turn your Excel workbook into a web app
Sheetward reads your workbook — sheets, rules, formulas, lookups — and generates a complete multi-user web application. No code, no prompt, no LLM.
Most "Excel to web app" tools do one of two things: they sync your sheet into an online viewer, or they compile a single calculator. Sheetward does something different — it treats your workbook as the application’s blueprint. Form_ sheets describe data-entry forms; Rules_ rows describe validation; Formula_ rows describe live calculations; List_ tabs describe the master data behind dropdowns. Upload the file, and Sheetward generates the whole system.
Your Excel file stays what it always was: the design document. The generated app keeps its own isolated data, entered through validated forms or bulk-imported — never scraped from your cells.
How it works
Design in Excel
Lay the app out as ordinary tabs: Form_ sheets for input forms, List_ tabs for dropdown data, Rules_ for validations, Formula_ for calculations. If you can structure a spreadsheet, the design is already done.
Upload & review
Sheetward parses the workbook and shows you every field, data type, dropdown and rule it detected. Adjust anything, pick a form style, and confirm.
Share & work
Invite your team with roles, enter validated records or import existing data, and export back to Excel any time. Update the design later by uploading a revised workbook — records are preserved.
What your workbook becomes
Validated forms
Required fields, ranges, and formats with check digits — SSN, phone, UPC, routing numbers — enforced on every save, straight from your Rules_ sheet.
Live Excel formulas
Formula_ rows become computed fields that update as your team types — totals, derived values, auto-filled fields.
Dropdowns & master data
List_ tabs become lookup tables behind dropdown fields, plus nine built-in standard lists — countries, currencies, time zones and more.
Dashboards & KPIs
A Report_ sheet becomes KPI tiles, charts and an interactive pivot — filter, drill down, save your view. No separate BI tool.
Roles & audit trail
Owner, editor and viewer per app; workspace admins manage members. Every change records who made it and when.
Import & export
Excel, CSV, JSON and Google Sheets — exports round-trip back as imports, and business keys update rows in place instead of duplicating them.
Why teams pick Sheetward
- Sheetward builds from your workbook’s business logic — not AI guesswork. The rules were already running your business; nothing is re-invented by a prompt.
- Leave anytime: export everything back to Excel, or publish the standalone bundle and run your app on your own machine with no subscription.
- Flat pricing. No per-user seats, no metered updates — know your bill.
- Your app in English, German, Japanese and Arabic — generated from one workbook.
Frequently asked questions
Do my Excel formulas carry over?
The formulas you put in the Formula_ sheet become live computed fields in the app — they recalculate as your team types. Cell formulas elsewhere in the workbook are not imported; the workbook’s job is to describe the app, not to be its engine.
Does the data in my workbook become the app’s data?
No — by design. Sample values are only used to infer each field’s data type. The app starts empty; your team enters records through validated forms or bulk-imports them, so every row is checked and audited.
Do my users need Excel?
No. Only the person designing the app touches the workbook. Everyone else uses a normal multi-user web application in their browser — forms, dropdowns, search, exports — on any device.
Can I change the app after it’s live?
Yes — upload a revised workbook. The schema migrates, existing records are preserved, and master-data lists are updated in place.
Can I run the app on my own server?
Yes. Any app can be published as a standalone bundle — a self-contained package with its data that runs on your own machine or server, offline, independent of Sheetward hosting.