# How Rowy built a spreadsheet UI for Firestore

DevFeed: [How Rowy built a spreadsheet UI for Firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-rowy-built-a-spreadsheet-ui-for-firestore-16466.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2022/08/firebase-stories-rowy>)

Author: Harini Janakiraman; Peter Friese

Published: 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firestore.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [CSV](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csv.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [cms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cms.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firebase-stories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase-stories.md>), [firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firestore.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [sorting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sorting.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

This developer story explains how Rowy uses Firebase and Firestore to provide a collaborative, spreadsheet-like interface for managing Firestore data. It covers data import and export, collection management, and granular access control using Firebase Authentication and Firestore Security Rules.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Rowy uses Firebase to build and ship tools that enable developers to manage data in Firestore.