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You can also create database forms with a nice on-screen designer, and filter your display of your database by using what Blist calls a "lens" of your file. I didn't yet see a reporting feature.

TigerBeetle’s open source database is engineered for financial online transaction processing, Greef says, capable of handling more than 8,000 debit and credit card transactions in a single query.