Projects & Workbooks

Last updated: May 29, 2026

In xltrail, a Project is the main container for your Excel workbooks. Every workbook you track belongs to a project. You can think of a project as a folder that groups related workbooks together and keeps a full version history of every change.

A Workbook is any Excel file (.xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, etc.) that you add to a project. Once added, xltrail tracks changes to its cell formulas, values, VBA modules, Power Queries, and more.

Project Types

There are two types of projects, which differ in how workbooks are added and updated:

• Drag-and-drop: upload workbooks directly through the xltrail web interface. This is beginner-friendly and requires no Git knowledge. Behind the scenes, xltrail still uses Git for version control, but the repository is fully managed on the xltrail server. Learn more>
• Git integration: connect xltrail to an external Git provider such as GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, or Azure DevOps. xltrail syncs the repository and displays the contained workbooks and their content. This is recommended if you already use Git to track your workbooks—there is no need to change your existing workflow. Learn more>